Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2006
Comparative StudyRedesigning emergency department patient flows: application of Lean Thinking to health care.
To describe in some detail the methods used and outcome of an application of concepts from Lean Thinking in establishing streams for patient flows in a teaching general hospital ED. ⋯ The streaming of patients into groups of patients cared for by a specific team of doctors and nurses, and the minimizing of complex queues in this ED by altering the practices in relation to the function of the Australasian Triage Scale improved patient flow, thereby decreasing potential for overcrowding.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2006
Comparative StudyEmergency nurse practitioner care and emergency department patient flow: case-control study.
The present study aimed to compare ED waiting times (for medical assessment and treatment), treatment times and length of stay (LOS) for patients managed by an emergency nurse practitioner candidate (ENPC) with patients managed via traditional ED care. ⋯ Patient flow outcomes for ENPC managed patients are comparable with those of patients managed via usual ED processes.