Edwards, S. G. M., Thompson, A. J. and Playford, E. Diane (2004) Integrated care pathways : disease-specific or process-specific? Clinical Medicine, 4 (2). pp. 132-135. doi:doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIM:
conventional teaching on integrated care pathways (ICP) suggests that they have to be specific both to a particular setting and to a specific diagnosis. We wished to explore the potential for a generic process-based care pathway.

STUDY DESIGN:
we evaluated three different, disease-specific ICPs in use on a neurological rehabilitation unit to identify prompts common to and differing between them. Variance types and goal outcomes in all three diagnostic groups were compared.

RESULTS:
93% of prompts on the care pathway were common to all three diagnostic groups. The prompts that differed were unique to each diagnostic group and provided important guidelines about management.

CONCLUSION:
in neurorehabilitation, where the process of multidisciplinary care is well defined, it is possible to develop a process-based ICP. Process-based ICPs may not be unique to rehabilitation but may also be relevant to other settings in which patients with differing diagnoses share similar needs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	Clinical Medicine
Publisher:	Royal College of Physicians
ISSN:	1470-2118
Official Date:	March 2004
Dates:	Date Event March 2004 Published
Volume:	4
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 132-135
DOI:	doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Publisher Statement:	WoS ID: 000227936900010
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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