title: Workflow analysis of medical staff in surgical wards based on time-motion study data.
abstract: The aim of this study is to clarify the change over time in the elements of work (job elements) and their features, as well as the relationship between job elements and the type of job, job class, and the role of the hospital they are performed in. A time-motion study was conducted on the medical staff in the surgical wards of two hospitals. An analysis of roles bys by (a) type or class of job type, and (b) hospital function was conducted. The number of working hours was analyzed, as well as the ratio of working hours with respect to direct and indirect job elements. The job elements required for each medical staff member were proven to differ by type of job (doctors and nurses) and also by job class (nurse leaders and staff). When comparing between hospital the differences in job elements were proven not to be a result of differences in hospital function, but to result from the ward system (ward design and nursing system).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine 1-7, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Hodaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Numasaki
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Atsue
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harauchi
authors.forename: Kiyonari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inamura
authors.forename: Morito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakon
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data