From: Lean thinking to improve emergency department throughput at AORN Cardarelli hospital
Variable | Average – STD pre-Lean (N = 16.563) | Average –STD post-Lean (N = 17.147) | p-value |
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Waiting time I triage – II triage | 00:22:54–00:28:25 | 00:21:24–00:26:55 | < 0.001 |
Waiting time I triage – taken into care | 01:47:55–01:14:44 | 01:41:55–01:14:44 | < 0.001 |
Waiting time taken into care – dismissal | 02:31:02–01:27:18 | 02:19:12–01:03:20 | < 0.001 |
Waiting time I triage – dismissal | 04:18:57–01:52:11 | 04:01:07–01:02:57 | < 0.001 |