منابع مشابه
Integrated care pathways.
Integrated care pathways specify and evaluate clinical practice and can improve patient care.' They use multidisciplinary guidelines to develop and implement clinical plans which represents current, local best practice for specific conditions. They may also incorporate national guidelines,' evidence based medicine,3" and benchmarking.5 Pathways are divided into time intervals during which speci...
متن کاملIntegrated care pathways: eleven international trends
processes, thus adding predictability and providing the transfer of knowledge.2 Research protocols, guidelines, algorithms and the problem-oriented medical record are all examples of structured care methodologies. Clinical paths, CareMap® documents, and eventually ICPs in the UK, were the first clinical tools to suggest content based on patterns of care given to approximately 68% of discreet pa...
متن کاملIntegrated care pathways for vascular surgery.
OBJECTIVES a trial of the use of integrated care pathways (ICPs) for elective vascular surgical procedures. DESIGN a 12-month prospective study, following a multi-disciplinary group construction of current "best practice" ICPs, with changes in practice only occurring following careful audit of results. MATERIALS patients admitted to a single vascular unit for "open" repair of abdominal aort...
متن کاملIntegrated care pathways and task shifting
Delivery of HIV care has evolved over the last 10 years, and nurse specialists are a driving force in developing new pathways to enhance patient care. Despite the continued rise in numbers of people living with HIV, the financial constraints on the NHS have unfortunately resulted in a reduction in service provision. Experienced nurses are integral to patient care management. They not only provi...
متن کاملIntegrated care pathways in stroke management.
BACKGROUND an organized, goal-defined and time-specified plan of management as envisaged by the integrated care pathway approach can achieve quality outcomes at lower cost. Integrated care pathways may have applications to stroke management because diagnosis is well defined, complex interdisciplinary inputs are required and there is good evidence on best practice. METHOD we reviewed medical, ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7125.133