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Comparing the patients' throughput in an Emergency Department in Tabriz city with International Standards

Seyed Hossein Ojaghi Haghighi
Samad Shams Vahdati
Mahsa Sharifi Namin
Sonya Sharifi Namin
Paria Habibollahi
Akram Mikaeilpour
Pages
115–118
Publication Date
2014-09-01
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The most prevalent chief complaint was common cold in which was presented in 448 patientsDiscussion: In the management of emergency department, all of parts must work as a member of team and if one of these members has a problem and does not work properly then pass-through will be happen.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients'throughput includes all the processes that patients go through; this study was designed to investigate the patients throughput and the duration of stay in this department.Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated the association between workflow process and admission duration in emergency department of Sina hospital of Tabriz from March 20th to July 20th 2011.Result: We studied 800 randomly selected patients referred to the emergency department between 20th March and 20th July 2011.
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Key Findings & Data:The mean time duration between first visit and disposition was 64.94± 64.7 min (mode= 24min).
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Conclusion & Impact:The most prevalent chief complaint was common cold in which was presented in 448 patientsDiscussion: In the management of emergency department, all of parts must work as a member of team and if one of these members has a problem and does not work properly then pass-through will be happen.
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Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients'throughput includes all the processes that patients go through; this study was designed to investigate the patients throughput and the duration of stay in this department.Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated the association between workflow process and admission duration in emergency department of Sina hospital of Tabriz from March 20th to July 20th 2011.Result: We studied 800 randomly selected patients referred to the emergency department between 20th March and 20th July 2011. The mean time duration between first visit and disposition was 64.94± 64.7 min (mode= 24min). The most prevalent chief complaint was common cold in which was presented in 448 patientsDiscussion: In the management of emergency department, all of parts must work as a member of team and if one of these members has a problem and does not work properly then pass-through will be happen.

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Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients'throughput includes all the processes that patients go through; this study was designed to investigate the patients throughput and the duration of stay in this department.Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated the association between workflow process and admission duration in emergency department of Sina hospital of Tabriz from March 20th to July 20th 2011.Result: We studied 800 randomly selected patients referred to the emergency department between 20th March and 20th July 2011. The mean time duration between first visit and disposition was 64.94± 64.7 min (mode= 24min). The most prevalent chief complaint was common cold in which was presented in 448 patientsDiscussion: In the management of emergency department, all of parts must work as a member of team and if one of these members has a problem and does not work properly then pass-through will be happen.

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Haghighi, S. H. O., Vahdati, S. S., Namin, M. S., Namin, S. S., Habibollahi, P., Mikaeilpour, A. (2014). Comparing the patients' throughput in an Emergency Department in Tabriz city with International Standards. Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 3, 115–118. https://ajindex.com/articles/261743

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