Restructuring hospitalist work schedules to improve care timeliness and efficiency
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Restructuring hospitalist work schedules to improve care timeliness and efficiency
Background In 2014, we recognised that the pace of admissions frequently exceeded our ability to assign a hospitalist. Long patient wait times occurred at admission, especially for patients arriving in the late afternoon when hospitalist day shifts were ending. Our purpose was to redesign hospitalist schedules, duties and method of distributing admissions to match demand. Design We used adminis...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open Quality
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000028