Care pathways lead to better teamwork: Results of a systematic review

Organiseringa av 22 pasientforløp i Helse Vest

“…Many studies have shown that standardizing care processes has a positive effect on teamwork and process outcomes in the health service (11,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). In line with Vanhaecht et al (2009) (17), we found that health care personnel considered the organization of care pathways with a written clinical procedure to be better than care processes that did not have such a procedure.…”

“…In the efforts to standardize care processes, the interdisciplinary team (13) takes a targeted and systematic approach to methodology from the field of quality (10, 11,14,15). It is shown that this way of improving the organization of processes leads to a better patient outcome, a lower risk of undesired events, better documentation (11,(16)(17)(18)(19), a better working environment and a lower risk of burnout (20,21).…”

Impact of a Clinical Pathway on Hospital Costs, Length of Stay and Early Outcomes after Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

“…Besides, it can also influence better training of professionals, facilitating teamwork, and improving the satisfaction of care team members via multidisciplinary communication (Deneckere et al, 2012). However, CP should be constantly monitored and revised to ensure that they remain effective and relevant and that they are operated in the way they have been designed to.…”

Retrospective analysis of clinical pathway in management of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a tertiary care centre in south India

“…6 Pathways facilitate better team work and are very useful in health organizations. 7 As part of our quality improvement, pathway for laparoscopic cholecystectomy was introduced in our hospital in August 2013. One of the major advantages we were able to derive was the reduced hospital stay which was on an average 2.26 days lesser after the introduction of the pathway and it was statistically significant with a p-value of <0.001.…”