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Improving physician flow and efficiency in the emergency department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Christopher J. Denny ,
Brian D. Steinhart  and
Richard Yu
Christopher J. Denny*
Affiliation:
Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency, Toronto, Ont.
Brian D. Steinhart
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Richard Yu
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
*
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, G1 06, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto ON M4N 3M5; fax 416 480-6048, chris.denny@ices.on.ca

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Type
Resident Issues • Polémiques des résidents
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 271 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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