ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2017
Experimental application of Business Process Management technology to manage clinical pathways: a pediatric kidney transplantation follow up case.
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- Improving the mental health care process in response to Covid-19 pandemic: The case of a penitentiary mental health division.PloS one · 2023Article
- Modeling Data Journeys to Inform the Digital Transformation of Kidney Transplant Services: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Observational
- BPM Support for Patient-Centred Clinical Pathways in Chronic Diseases.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A Process-Centered Approach to the Description of Clinical Pathways-Forms and Determinants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo test the application of Business Process Management technology to manage clinical pathways, using a pediatric kidney transplantation as case study, and to identify the benefits obtained from using this technology.
methodsUsing a Business Process Management platform, we implemented a specific application to manage the clinical pathway of pediatric patients, and monitored the activities of the coordinator in charge of the case management during a 6-month period (from June 2015 to November 2015) using two methodologies: the traditional procedure and the one under study.
resultsThe application helped physicians and nurses to optimize the amount of time and resources devoted to management purposes. In particular, time reduction was close to 60%. In addition, the reduction of data duplication, the integrated event management and the efficient data collection improved the quality of the service.
conclusionsThe use of Business Process Management technology, usually related to well-defined processes with high management costs, is an established procedure in multiple environments; its use in healthcare, however, is innovative. The use of already accepted clinical pathways is known to improve outcomes. The combination of these two techniques, well established in their respective areas of application, could represent a revolution in clinical pathway management. The study has demonstrated that the use of this technology in a clinical environment, using a proper architecture and identifying a well-defined process, leads to real benefits in terms of resources optimization and quality improvement.
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