Open AccessEnhancing the emergency general surgical service: an example of the aggregation of marginal gains
Author(s) -
Ioanna Panagiotopoulou,
Jmh Bennett,
Elizabeth Tweedle,
Salomone Di Saverio,
Stavros Gourgiotis,
Richard Hardwick,
J. M. D. Wheeler,
R Justin Davies
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0061
Subject(s) - service (business) , computer science , medicine , data science , world wide web , medical emergency , business , marketing
We aimed to enhance the emergency general surgical service in our high-volume centre in order to reduce four-hour target breaches, to expedite senior decision making and to avoid unnecessary admissions.