A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates

A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective surgery was redesign...

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Main Authors: Hovlid Einar, Bukve Oddbjørn, Haug Kjell, Aslaksen Aslak, von Plessen Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Quality improvement
Process redesign
Cancellation of surgery
and Health information technology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/154

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