Clinical operations in academic emergency medicine.
The operations of an emergency department are increasingly being recognized as vital to the provision of safe, efficient, quality care. The numerous and highly variable processes that characterize our system must be closely examined and investigated to identify those which are effective and those which are not. Original research in this field should be promoted and embraced by our society for both our patients and our profession. Effective operational processes should ultimately be seen as those which preserve and enhance the patient-physician relationship.
Beach
Christopher
C
Division of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University-The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. c-beach@northwestern.edu
Haley
Leon
L
Adams
James
J
Zwemer
Frank L
FL
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States