title: Improving patient throughput.
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D000552:Ambulances / Q000600:supply & distribution; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D009874:Operations Research; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington