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10537449

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical pathways are similar to the production algorithms developed by industry. They are being adapted for use in healthcare to reduce resource utilization, decrease variability, and control expenditures. At Boston Medical Center we identified four trauma diagnoses that we believed to be amenable to the design and implementation of clinical pathways: closed head injury, penetrating wound to the abdomen, penetrating wound to the chest, and penetrating wound to an extremity. Upon implementation of these pathways, appropriate nonoperative, single-system, short-stay trauma patients were enrolled in them. This article details the process by which the four diagnoses were identified and the pathways designed, implemented, and evaluated. Preliminary data demonstrate a significant decrease in resource utilization following implementation of the pathways, without an adverse impact on readmission rates, length of stay, or mortality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1062-2551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4-11; quiz 11
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Development and implementation of clinical pathways for the management of four trauma diagnoses.
pubmed:affiliation
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article