Workload - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Measuring worker productivity: frameworks and measures.

30 Aug 2009 Worker productivity is a combination of time off work (absenteeism) due to an illness and time at work but with reduced levels of productivity while at work (also known as presenteeism). Both can be gathered with a focus on application as a cost ... Read more...

Effect of work-hours regulations on intensive care unit mortality in United States teaching hospitals.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES:: To examine the association of the resident work-hours reform with mortality for patients in medical and surgical intensive care units. The United States instituted restrictions on resident work-hours in July 2003. The clinical impact of ... Read more...

Attending physician work hours: ethical considerations and the last doctor standing.

3 Jul 2009 Based at least in part on concerns for patient safety and evidence that long shifts are associated with an increased risk of physician error, residents' and fellows' work hours have been strictly limited for the past several years. Little attention ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Workload - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Considerations for emergency physicians in pre-retirement years. 29 Sep 2009
• Measuring worker productivity: frameworks and measures. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of work-hours regulations on intensive care unit mortality in United States teaching hospitals. 30 Aug 2009
• Resident work-hours or "duty hours": evidence versus emotion. 30 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' duty hours and professionalism. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• No options for sleep. 5 Jul 2009
• Attending physician work hours: ethical considerations and the last doctor standing. 3 Jul 2009
• Workflow streamlined, automated. An acute care facility implements a back-office solution to deal with repetitive tasks and to maximize its intranet. 30 May 2009
• Physician practice patterns resemble ACGME duty hours. 30 May 2009
• To nap or not to nap? Residents' work hours revisited. 19 May 2009
• Cost implications of reduced work hours and workloads for resident physicians. 19 May 2009
• Measuring our work: scenarios to value productivity in health care. 13 May 2009
• A historical perspective on resident evaluation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Outcome Project and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour requirement. 11 May 2009
• Do the RCPath-published workload guidelines underestimate the work rate achievable in subspecialty practice in cellular pathology? 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Workload'

Definition: The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.

Descriptor UI: D016526

Alternative terms: Workload; Workloads; Work Load; Work Loads; Employee Workload; Employee Workloads; Workload, Employee; Workloads, Employee; Employee Work Load; Employee Work Loads; Work Load, Employee; Work Loads, Employee; Staff Workload; Staff Workloads; Workload, Staff; Workloads, Staff; Staff Work Load; Staff Work Loads; Work Load, Staff; Work Loads, Staff;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N04.452.677.950;

History Note: 92