Module 4 Flashcards
are considered to be one of the best tools hospitals can use to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardization of care processes, since they promote organized and efficient patient care based on evidence.
Care Pathways
Care pathways are also known as?
Clinical or Critical pathways
The care pathway concept appeared for the first time in 1985 inspired by?
Karen Zander and Kathleen Bower
Some barriers in developing and implementing a pathway are identified. What are these?
the heterogeneity of patients and diagnosis, the common reluctance among organizations and professionals to change.
The methodology of any project for care pathways implementation is divided in four phases, what are these?
selection, development, implementation and evaluation
are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care.
Clinical practice guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines should be developed using what?
rigorous evidence-based methodology
This focuses on Specific clinical circumstances.
Clinical Guideline
This focuses on Treatment.
Practice Protocol
This focuses on The quality and coordination of care.
clinical pathway
It is a Structured, multidisciplinary plans of care.
Clinical Pathway
It is A suggested course of treatment and/or treatment service for a specific diagnosis, functional deficit or problem area.
Practice Protocol
It is Systematically developed statements to assist practitioners and
patient make decisions about appropriate health care.
Clinical guideline
This Makes specific recommendations on health care and links these to research evidence
Clinical Guideline
This Supports the implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols.
Clinical Pathway
This Highlights major therapeutic intervention points.
Identifies choices of difference courses or paths of treatment. Suggests other diagnosis that could be considered as treatment progresses.
Practice Protocol
Provides a logical flow of interventions. Provides detailed recommendations that build on those made in guidelines.
Practice Protocol
This Provides detailed guidance for each stage in the management of a patient.
Clinical Pathway
This Provides a summary and appraisal of the best available research evidence or expert consensus.
Highlights the strength of the evidence underlying each recommendation.
Clinical Guideline
Who uses Clinical Guideline?
Clinicians/ Medical Doctor, patients and third parties
Who uses clinical pathway?
multidisciplinary clinical team.
who uses practice protocol?
Specific clinicians./ Medical Doctors with specializations
What happens when the clinical guidelines or critical pathways did not go as expected?
This is where the term variance takes place.
are the unexpected events that occur during patient care - events that are different from what is predicted on the clinical pathway.
Variances
Variance is documented by using the letter what?
V
are scholarly publications in digital form, which are accessible on the web.
E-journals or electronic journals
These are often used as acceptable review of related literatures for research projects and evidence-based nursing practice.
e-journals
