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Temporal pacing of outcomes for improving patient flow: Design science research in a National Health Service hospital

Journal of Operations Management, 2019
Improving patient flow in hospitals is a contemporary challenge in the UK National Health Service (NHS). When patients remain in a hospital bed for longer than clinically necessary, hospital performance is dramatically impacted, quality of care is ...
Mark Johnson, Nicola Burgess, Simon Sethi   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Boarding beyond the emergency department: inpatient physicians’ perspectives from a hospital-wide survey

Emergency Care Journal
Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding and boarding are increasingly recognized as hospital-wide phenomena related to patient flow and inpatient bed capacity, rather than isolated ED operational issues.
Mario Corciulo, Davide Pianori, Fabrizio Giostra, Eleonora Tubertini, Claudio Borghi, Davide Agnoletti   +5 more
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Using simulation to assess the impacts of the adoption of a fast-track system for hospital emergency services

Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2018
Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments has been a longstanding global issue. Due to the steadily increasing patient demand, the higher complexity of cases and the limited resources available in hospitals, this overcrowding problem has become more
Yong-Hong KUO, Janny M.Y. LEUNG, Colin A. GRAHAM, Kelvin K.F. TSOI, Helen M. MENG   +4 more
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The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Anthracyclines: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Anthracycline‐related cardiac remodeling precedes heart failure in childhood cancer survivors. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationships between patient‐specific factors, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and cardiac remodeling.
Hari K. Narayan, Sitong Chen, F. Lennie Wong, Nathan Young, Anna Qi, Christopher Davis, Sanjeet Hegde, Nicholas Gloude, Kasey J. Leger, Kelly D. Getz, Francisco Contijoch, Kirsten Ness, Bonnie Ky, Dennis Kuo, Sheri J. Hartman, Saro H. Armenian   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Regional Medical Supply and Demand Network Characteristics Based on “Patient Flow Phenomenon”: A Case Study of the Core Area of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area

Land
Examining medical supply–demand imbalances, as revealed through patients’ cross-boundary treatment behaviors, is vital for reducing a metropolitan area’s medical supply–demand gap and furthering sustainable development goals.
Fang Guo, Wei Wei, Bowen Xiang, Mengyao Hong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting patient flow in a neurosurgery department.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2020
INTRODUCTION Patient flow is the process by which movement of patients and clinical productivity is achieved. The objectives of this study were to implement and evaluate the NHS Improvement SAFER patient flow bundle, evaluate the impact of the Red2Green ...
S. Irvine, M. Awan, F. Chharawala, D. Bhagawati, N. Lawrance, G. Peck, D. Peterson, S. Banerjee, S. Camp   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cerebral Blood Flow in Glaucoma Patients [PDF]

Journal of Glaucoma, 2013
Glaucomatous damage has been described as a slowly progressive neuronal degenerative process along the visual pathway. Decreased cerebral and ocular blood flow as well as impaired vascular autoregulation has been identified in glaucoma and have been shown to correlate with visual field loss.
Alon, Harris, Brent, Siesky, Barbara, Wirostko   +2 more
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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical handover within the emergency care pathway and the potential risks of clinical handover failure (ECHO): primary research

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background and objectives: Handover and communication failures are a recognised threat to patient safety. Handover in emergency care is a particularly vulnerable activity owing to the high-risk context and overcrowded conditions.
Mark Sujan, Peter Spurgeon, Matthew Inada-Kim, Michelle Rudd, Larry Fitton, Simon Horniblow, Steve Cross, Peter Chessum, Matthew W Cooke   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Patient Flow: Analysis of an Initiative to Improve Early Discharge

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Discharge delays adversely affect hospital bed availability and thus patient flow. OBJECTIVE We aimed to increase the percentage of early discharges (EDCs; before 11 AM).
Lauren A. Destino, D. Bennett, M. Wood, C. Acuna, S. Goodman, S. Asch, Terry Platchek   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source