Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants
2011
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 171
Pages 491-4
Author(s): Datta, R., Platt, R., Yokoe, D. S., Huang, S. S.
Added September 2014
Improving Front-End Flow in an Urban Academic Medical Center Emergency Department: The Emergency Department Discharge Facilitator Team
2013
Journal of Urban Health
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 90
Pages 406-411
Author(s): Sharma, R., Mulcare, M. R., Graetz, R., Greenwald, P. W., Mustalish, A. C., Miluszusky, B., Flomenbaum, N. E.
Added May 2014
Effect of a rapid assessment clinic on the waiting time to be seen by a doctor and the time spent in the department, for patients presenting to an urban emergency department: a controlled prospective trial
2002
The New Zealand Medical Journal
Journal Article
Issue 1157
Volume 115
Pages 1-7
Author(s): Ardagh, M. W. , Wells, J.E. , Cooper, K., Lyons, R., Patterson, R., O'Donovan, P.
Overcrowding in emergency departments is common in most healthcare organizations. Barriers to efficient patient flow in emergency departments (EDs) create bottlenecks through the system. Upon entry to an ED, the triage process determines how quickly someone might be seen, but this process does not take into account how quickly a patient's condition might be managed, but rather the urgency for care. By addressing an additional component of triage, it was hypothesized that ED throughout could be better managed, reducing wait times for all patients, and better utilizing limited ED resources.
Added October 2012
View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery
1984
Science
Journal Article
Issue 4647
Volume 224
Pages 420-421
Author(s): Ulrich, R.S.
Examined records on recovery after cholecystectomy of 46 patients admitted to a suburban hospital between 1972 and 1981 to determine whether assignment to a room with a window view of a natural setting might have restorative influences. Ss were matched in pairs according to sex, age, smoking or nonsmoking status, obese or normal weight status, year of surgery, and floor level (2nd or 3rd). Data...
Added October 2012
Regional and seasonal variation in the length of hospital stay for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Finland
2002
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 61
Pages 131-5
Author(s): Kinnunen, T., Saynajakangs, O., Tuuponen, T., Keistinen, T.
Added October 2012
Noise and hospital stay
1976
American Journal of Public Health
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 66
Pages 680-1
Author(s): Fife, D., Rappaport, E.
Added October 2012
Relationship between climate and psychiatric inpatient length of stay in Veterans Health Administration hospitals
2000
The American Journal of Psychiatry
Journal Article
Issue 10
Volume 157
Pages 1669
Author(s): Federman, E.J., Drebing, C.E., Boisvert, C., Penk, W.
Added October 2012