Improving Emergency Department radiology transportation time: a successful implementation of lean methodology

BACKGROUND: Emergency Department overcrowding has become a global problem and a growing safety and quality concern. Radiology and laboratory turnaround time, ED boarding and increased ED visits are some of the factors that contribute to ED overcrowding. Lean methods have been used in the ED to addre...

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Published in:BMC Health Serv Res
Main Authors: Hitti, Eveline A., El-Eid, Ghada R., Tamim, Hani, Saleh, Rana, Saliba, Miriam, Naffaa, Lena
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5584336/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28870249
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2488-5
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