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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-9-29
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pubmed:abstractText |
The costly and inefficient movement of patients within the hospital challenges health systems across the country as they strive to simultaneously contain rising costs and provide high-quality patient care. Solid evidence to support the improvement of hospital and patient care efficiency through the identification and suggested elimination of waste patterns within the transport process is presented.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
N
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0746-1739
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
23
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
157-64, 147
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Bed Occupancy,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Clinical Competence,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Communication Barriers,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Continuity of Patient Care,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Data Collection,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Direct Service Costs,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Documentation,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Efficiency, Organizational,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Forms and Records Control,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Hospital Administration,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Hospital Bed Capacity,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Models, Organizational,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Nursing Administration Research,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care),
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Patient Transfer,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Personnel, Hospital,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Personnel Staffing and Scheduling,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Risk Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Systems Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Time and Motion Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Total Quality Management,
pubmed-meshheading:16189980-Workload
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Intra-unit patient transports: time, motion, and cost impact on hospital efficiency.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Ascension Health, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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