title: Impact of an Emergency Nurse Coordinator on Work Flow Optimization in an Emergency Department in Delhi, India.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the emergency nurse coordinator in optimization of workflow of the emergency department. A retrospective analysis of all patient encounters in the emergency department between Aug 1 to Sept 31 of 2014 (n = 6,189) and Aug 1 to September 31 of 2015 (n = 8,626) was conducted. There was a statistically significant decrease in the admission time, length of stay, transfer time, and review time of the patients after the introduction of the emergency nurse coordinator in the emergency department. (p &lt; 0.05).
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Preethy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: S
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Teenu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xavier
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Reghunathan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: N
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Metilda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014850:Waiting Lists; D057188:Workflow; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data