Improving Emergency Department radiology transportation time: a successful implementation of lean methodology

• Main Authors: Eveline A. Hitti (Author), Ghada R. El-Eid (Author), Hani Tamim (Author), Rana Saleh (Author), Miriam Saliba (Author), Lena Naffaa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emergency Department overcrowding has become a global problem and a growing safety and quality concern. Radiology and laboratory turnaround time, ED boarding and increased ED visits are some of the factors that contribute to ED overcrowding. Lean methods have been used in the ED...