Wound care 1999. Integrating disease management and wound care critical pathways in home care.
This article discusses the need for an integration of the concepts of disease management and critical pathways as a foundation of a healthcare delivery system. The steps in the process for development, implementation, and evaluation of a wound care critical pathway are reviewed and variance classifi...
| Publicado en: | Home Healthcare Nurse Vol. 17; no. 10; pp. 651 - 664 |
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| Formato: | critical path Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1999 Oct
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the need for an integration of the concepts of disease management and critical pathways as a foundation of a healthcare delivery system. The steps in the process for development, implementation, and evaluation of a wound care critical pathway are reviewed and variance classifications are defined. Copathways and algorithms are presented as methodologies for dealing with variances. A template of a wound care critical pathway that has been developed for use in the home care setting is included. |
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