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Eight-step method to build the clinical content of an evidence-based care pathway: the case for COPD exacerbation.
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- Development of a model care pathway for the management of Hymenoptera venom allergy: evidence-based key interventions and indicators.Clinical and translational allergy · 2020Article
- Multidisciplinary first-day consultation accelerates diagnostic procedures and throughput times of patients in a head-and-neck cancer care pathway, a mixed method study.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Learning from a clinical microsystems quality improvement initiative to promote integrated care across a falls care pathway.Primary health care research & development · 2018Article
- Recommended care received by geriatric hip fracture patients: where are we now and where are we heading?Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2018Article
- Multiprofessional COPD care in Austria-challenges and approaches : Results of a qualitative study.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2018Article
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Clinical Pathway for Pancreaticoduodenectomy Procedures: a Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundOptimization of the clinical care process by integration of evidence-based knowledge is one of the active components in care pathways. When studying the impact of a care pathway by using a cluster-randomized design, standardization of the care pathway intervention is crucial. This methodology paper describes the development of the clinical content of an evidence-based care pathway for in-hospital management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation in the context of a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) on care pathway effectiveness.
methodsThe clinical content of a care pathway for COPD exacerbation was developed based on recognized process design and guideline development methods. Subsequently, based on the COPD case study, a generalized eight-step method was designed to support the development of the clinical content of an evidence-based care pathway.
resultsA set of 38 evidence-based key interventions and a set of 24 process and 15 outcome indicators were developed in eight different steps. Nine Belgian multidisciplinary teams piloted both the set of key interventions and indicators. The key intervention set was judged by the teams as being valid and clinically applicable. In addition, the pilot study showed that the indicators were feasible for the involved clinicians and patients.
conclusionsThe set of 38 key interventions and the set of process and outcome indicators were found to be appropriate for the development and standardization of the clinical content of the COPD care pathway in the context of a cRCT on pathway effectiveness. The developed eight-step method may facilitate multidisciplinary teams caring for other patient populations in designing the clinical content of their future care pathways.
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