Lean thinking to improve emergency department throughput at AORN Cardarelli hospital

• Main Authors: Giovanni Improta (Author), Maria Romano (Author), Maria Vincenza Di Cicco (Author), Anna Ferraro (Author), Anna Borrelli (Author), Ciro Verdoliva (Author), Maria Triassi (Author), Mario Cesarelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Throughout the world, emergency departments (ED) are characterized by overcrowding and excessive waiting times. Furthermore, the related delays significantly increase patient mortality and make inefficient use of resources to the detriment of the satisfaction of employees and pat...