Improving rapid response systems: progress, issues, and future directions.
"Detect the emergency and respond to it right at the patient's bedside" sums up the focus of the recent Third International Conference on Rapid Response Systems.
Ovretveit
John
J
Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
Suffoletto
Jo-Anne
JA
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors