Prospective time study derivation of emergency physician workload predictors

PHYSICIAN WORkLOAD CODEINES AND CODINg

When it comes to physicians, everybody agrees that the time actually spent with patients is their most important job. As a result, some have suggested that one way to keep the focus on patients in the face of increased workloads is to reduce the time spent on paperwork. In fact, one study found that the level of paperwork-related stress today is so great that two-thirds of physicians would be w...

Independent emergency physician decision on patients undergoing Cranial computed tomography, a prospective cohort study

Shifting toward balance: measuring the distribution of workload among emergency physician teams.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The objective of this investigation is to determine time-dependent workload patterns for emergency department (ED) physician teams across work shifts. A secondary aim was to demonstrate how ED demand patterns and the timing of shift changes influence the balance of workload among a physician team. METHODS Operational measurements of an adult ED were collected from a clinical i...

Predictors of patient satisfaction in an emergency care centre in central Saudi Arabia: a prospective study

AIM This study aimed to (i) assess the level of patient satisfaction and its association with different sociodemographic and healthcare characteristics in an emergency care centre (ECC) in Saudi Arabia and (ii) to identify the predictors of patients' satisfaction. METHODS A prospective cohort study of 390 adult patients with Canadian triage category III and IV who visited ECC at King Abdulazi...

Predictors of physical restraint in a psychiatric emergency setting

Background: Considering the negative consequences of using physical restraints, we conducted this study to identify patients who are more frequently restrained in a psychiatric emergency ward as an initial step to limit the use of restraint to the minimum possible.   Methods: This was a retrospective case control study conducted in Iran Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran, Iran. We reviewed the f...