Health services under pressure: a scoping review and development of a taxonomy of adaptive strategies.
Production pressures in health care can impact the delivery of patient care and threaten patient safety. In this scoping review, the authors developed a taxonomy of pressures and strategies for adapting to these pressures in health care settings. Among 17 included studies, pressures generally stemmed from lack of available resources. Strategies for adapting to these pressures included efficient management of workloads and resource flexing.