Care Pathways - Documents and Websites of Interest

 

Use of Critical Pathways to Improve Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH; Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MSc;
Judith S. Rose, MS; Samuel R. Kaufman, MA; and
Laurence F. McMahon, Jr, MD, MPH

The American Journal Of Managed Care. 9(11): 758-765, November 2003

Critical Pathways in the Australian Health Care System
Victorian Centre for Ambulatory Care Innovation - Kaylene Fiddes, Victorian Centre for Ambulatory Care Innovation, The Alfred, Commercial Rd, Prahran VIC 3181, Final Report September 2000.
(on useful Ambulatory Care Australia site)

Critical Pathways: A Systematic Review.
Journal of Nursing Administration. 32(4):196-202, April 2002.
Renholm, Marja MNSc, RN; Leino-Kilpi, Helena PhD, RN; Suominen, Tarja PhD, RN

Use and Evaluation of Critical Pathways in Hospitals
Effective Clinical Practice
, May/June 2002
Jonathan Darer, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine; Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology/ Critical Care Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Health Policy and Management; Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md

Physician compliance with obstetric clinical pathways may protect against malpractice litigation

A Controlled Trial of a Critical Pathway for Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Thomas J. Marrie, MD; Catherine Y. Lau, PhD; Susan L. Wheeler, RN; Cindy J. Wong, MSc; Margaret K. Vandervoort, MSc; Brian G. Feagan, MD; for the CAPITAL Study Investigators JAMA. 2000;283:749-755.

Related Links to above reference:

A critical pathway reduced resource use without compromising safety and effectiveness in community acquired pneumonia
Marrie TJ, Lau CY, Wheeler SL, et al., for the CAPITAL Study Investigators. A controlled trial of a critical pathway for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. JAMA 2000 Feb 9;283:749–55.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

Use of a critical pathway for the management of community-acquired pneumonia: the CAPITAL study
Donald Farquhar , Marrie T, Lau C, Wheeler S, Wong C, Vandervoort M, Feagan B. A controlled trial of a critical pathway for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Intervention Trial. JAMA 2000;283:749-55.


 

CARE PATH LINKS
 

Web links to path/guideline information:

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Caremaps for Seniors Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto: Sunnybrook & Womens
CPG Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
eGuidelines U.K.
ICPUS Integrated Care Pathway Users Scotland; links page

National Electronic Library for Health
NeLH: National electronic Library for Health: Protocols and Care Pathways U.K.
Ontario Guidelines Advisory Committee

The Brondesbury Group will add to these Care Path Links over the next while. Do you have a link to SHARE?
 

Path Articles etc Online

Managed Care, Care Pathing, & Case Management: University of Houston slide presentation
Medical Journal of Australia: Clinical Pathways article MJA 1999;170:59-62
Medical Journal of Australia: Editorial on Clinical Pathways MJA 1999;170:54-55
National Library of Medicine: Current Bibliographies in Medicine 95-8; Critical Pathways: 1995-1996
references. The introductory paragraphs contain an example of a literature search strategy for critical pathways.
NURS 1100: Care Plan Guidelines
: An overview of a section of the Introductory Nursing course at Henry P. Becton School of Nursing & Allied Health, U.S.A.
RN Central ( JW note April 14, 2003 - Links section is useful, care plans are nursing, and patient outcomes are not specific)

The following is no longer posted online (unless you have an online subscription):


Journal of Healthcare Quality: JHQ April/May 1999

Learning Is Fundamental: The Impact of Education on Successful Clinical Pathway Implementation; Lisa M. Swain; 2:11

 Web Resource Directories

Cochrane Collaboration
University of Iowa Hardin Meta-Dictionary of Internet Health Sources
McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Library
MedWeb
MedWebPlus

Evidence-Based Guidelines

Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase
Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)
German Guidelines Clearinghouse
National Guidelines Clearinghouse
New Zealand Guidelines Group
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Literature Search Databases

Karolinska MeSH-Classified Disease Information
MEDLINE
Physician Data Query (PDQ)

 International Resources

Health On the Net Foundation

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages
yourDictionary.com [originally A Web of Specialized Online Dictionaries]



 


 


 

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