Wait Time Management Strategies for Scheduled Care: What Makes Them Succeed?

Wait time management strategies for scheduled care: what makes them succeed?

OBJECTIVES To assess experts' perceptions of the contextual and local factors that promote or inhibit the implementation of waiting time management strategies (WTMS) in Canadian healthcare organizations. METHODS We conducted 16 semi-structured interviews and one focus group with individuals involved in WTMS at the federal, provincial or organizational level. RESULTS The most frequently cite...

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What makes evidence-based journal clubs succeed?

D o you catch up on valuable rest time once a week at your local journal club? Or doze while somebody presents an article that has been allocated to them, without reference to " question, " " search strategy, " or " assessing performance " ? While the rest may bring health benefits, it is unlikely to advance the quality of care. Evidence-based journal clubs, however, have documented benefits (1...

What Makes Them Succeed? Entry, Progression and Graduation in Computer Science 1

Sustainability: orthopaedic surgery wait time management strategies.

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to examine Canadian organizational and systemic factors that made it possible to keep wait times within federally established limits for at least 18 months. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The research design is a multiple cases study. The paper selected three cases: Case 1 - staff were able to maintain compliance with requirements for more than 18 months; Cas...