Author : Dr. G.V. Khyathi, Ms. Aileen J, Dr. H S Srivatsa 1
Date of Publication :25th August 2016
Abstract: There is an enormous need to improve the efficiency of the health care services to the best possible extent such that they can reach near perfection in their administrative activities. One such area that needs to be streamlined is the hospital discharge process, which has many sub processes. The time taken for discharge has always been a major factor while assessing the patient satisfaction in a hospital. A hospital discharge demonstrates the trouble of inter-organizational activities within a multifaceted health care structure which can be best solved by using multi-method innovative approaches
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