Using a balanced scorecard to improve the performance of an emergency department.

The performance of the emergency department significantly improved after implementing the balanced scorecard including hours of continuing education attended by the staff, staff job satisfaction, the rate of incomplete laboratory tests within 30 minutes, the average monthly inappropriate return rate...

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Publicado en:Nursing Economic$ Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 140 - 147
Autores principales: Huang S, Chen P, Yang M, Chang W, Lee H
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Jannetti Publications, Inc. May/Jun2004
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          Huang S
          Chen P
          Yang M
          Chang W
          Lee H
        affil: St. Martin De Porres Hospital, Chia Yi City, Taiwan, Republic of China
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          Emergency Care
          Productivity
          Quality Improvement
          Adult
          Chi Square Test
          Clinical Indicators
          Coefficient alpha
          Convenience Sample
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Diagnosis, Laboratory
          Education, Continuing
          Emergency Service
          Female
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Income
          Job Satisfaction Evaluation
          Male
          Middle Age
          Multidisciplinary Care Team
          Outcome Assessment
          Paired T-Tests
          Patient Satisfaction Evaluation
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Quality of Care Research
          Questionnaires
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Taiwan
          Time Factors
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: The performance of the emergency department significantly improved after implementing the balanced scorecard including hours of continuing education attended by the staff, staff job satisfaction, the rate of incomplete laboratory tests within 30 minutes, the average monthly inappropriate return rate, and hospital profit. The results can assist administrators plan for the future. Although this was a pilot program for implementing a balanced scorecard in an emergency department, the indicators used in this study may also be reasonable for a hospital that has limited resources.
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