Whiteboards: one tool to improve patient flow
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Whiteboards: one tool to improve patient flow.
OBJECTIVE To describe the integration of whiteboards into ward routines in one Queensland health service district (HSD). DESIGN AND SETTING Case study involving placement of whiteboards in three inpatient wards (two medical, one surgical) in a university-affiliated regional teaching hospital and in a day clinic in the same health service district. Data collection methods included 45 hours of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02621.x