Identification of root causes for emergency diagnostic imaging delays at three Canadian hospitals.

Andrew Worster; Christopher M B Fernandes; Cheryl Malcolmson; Kevin W. Eva; Diane Simpson

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Identification of root causes for emergency diagnostic imaging delays at three Canadian hospitals.

August 9, 2006

Worster A, Fernandes CMB, Malcolmson C, et al. J Emerg Nurs. 2006;32(4):276-280.

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The investigators conducted a root cause analysis of diagnostic imaging delays and found that current practices were responsible for two of the three root causes identified.

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