Care pathways for the organization of patients' care

Massimiliano Panella (Author), Ruben Van Zelm (Author), Walter Sermeus (Author), Kris Vanhaecht (Author)

Abstract

Care pathways, also known as clinical pathways, critical pathways or integrated care pathways, are used all over the world. Although they are used internationally, numerous misunderstandings still surround them. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the history of these pathways, of care pathway development, the effectiveness of care pathways, and of some of the challenges facing current healthcare. Pathways are more than just a document in the patient record. They are a concept for making patient-focused care operational, and for supporting patient group modelling with different levels of predictability. Care pathways are a method within the field of continuous quality improvement and are used in daily practice as a product in the patient record. This paper explains these different issues.

Keywords

patient care;patient safety;organization;clinical pathways;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UP - University of Primorska
UDC:	616-07/-08
COBISS:	1024445012
ISSN:	1318-2927
Views:	3022
Downloads:	84
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Poti nege za organizacijo nege bolnikov
Secondary abstract:	Poti nege, ki jih imenujemo tudi klinične poti, kritične poti ali integrirane klinične poti, se uporabljajo po vsem svetu. Čeprav je njihova uporaba mednarodno zelo razširjena, pa koncept poti nege še vedno spremljajo številni nesporazumi. V prispevku podajamo zgodovinski pregled poti nege, njihov razvoj in učinkovitost ter nekatere izzive zdravstvenega varstva danes. Poti niso le dokument v bolnikovem zdravstvenem kartonu, ampak mnogo več. Gre za koncept nege, ki je ciljno usmerjena k bolniku. Hkrati pa tudi pomembno podpira postopke modeliranja skupin bolnikov z različnimi stopnjami predvidljivosti. Poti nege so ena od metod, s katerimi nenehno izboljšujemo kakovost zdravstvenih storitev, v vsakodnevni praksi pa se odražajo v bolnikovem zdravstvenem kartonu. V prispevku opisujemo različne vidike koncepta poti nege.
Secondary keywords:	nega bolnikov;varnost bolnikov;organizacija;klinične poti;
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 111-122
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ28
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ2
Chronology:	2012
Keywords (UDC):	applied sciences;medicine;technology;uporabne znanosti;medicina;tehnika;medical sciences;medicina;pathology;clinical medicine;patologija;klinična medicina;semeiology;symptomatology;signs and symptoms;examination;diagnosis;propaedeutics;semiologija;simptomatologija;znaki in simptomi;pregled;diagnoza;propedevtika;
DOI:	10.2478/v10221-011-0026-z
ID:	56226