Integrated care pathways : a practical approach to implementation / edited by Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Middleton, Sue, 1951-

Roberts, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical Pathways--organization & administration.

Patient Care Planning--organization & administration.

National Health Programs.

United Kingdom.

Medical Subjects:

Critical Pathways--organization & administration.

Patient Care Planning--organization & administration.

National Health Programs.

United Kingdom.

Physical Description:

155 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.

Contents:

Part 1 What are integrated care pathways? 1

Part 2 Why introduce integrated care pathways? 13

2 ICPs and quality: the use of ICPs to facilitate a clinically effective service / Sue Middleton, Adrian Roberts 15

3 Effectiveness: the use of ICPs to facilitate a cost-effective service / Tom Jones 22

4 ICPs: a vehicle to deliver clinical governance / Denise Kitchiner 29

Part 3 How to introduce integrated care pathways 35

6 Documentation / Sue Middleton, Adrian Roberts 46

7 Crossing professional and service boundaries: a case study / Leslie Braidwood, Tracy P. Evans 65

8 Maintaining momentum / Rhona Hotchkiss 93

9 Evaluating care pathways / Kathryn de Luc 99

10 Clinical benchmarking / Sue Middleton, Adrian Roberts 108

Appendix 1 Clinical pathways maturity matrix 119

Appendix 2 Integrated care pathway for 'cardiac' chest pain/suspected myocardial infarction / Kidderminster Health Care NHS Trust 123

Appendix 3 Integrated care pathway for day case cardiac catheters / Papworth Hospital NHS Trust 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750640871

OCLC:

47137138