Surveillance in the time of austerity; Portuguese HIV/AIDS Surveillance achieves a 30% improvement in efficiency after LEAN inspired changes to processing

Background In 2013, following reminders about statutory notification of HIV/AIDS, Portuguese clinicians notified all cases, irrespective of previous notification. At the same time, hospitals introduced electronic records that automatically generated additional paper notification reports. No suppleme...

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Main Author: Shivaji, Tara (author)
Other Authors: Cortes Martins, Helena (author), Diniz, Antonio (author), Nogueira, Paulo J (author), Vasconcelos, Paula (author), Silva, Andreia (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:por
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2902
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/2902