A vast amount of literature exists on clinical pathways. When reviewing literature from 2000-
2002 on Medline, 597 articles about'clinical pathways' were found. Only 22% of these …

Care pathways are at the heart of quality and patient safety. This was the conclusion of the
editorial in the previous issue of the International Journal of Care pathways. 1 Although …

This article describes the way in which Catharina Hospital introduced clinical pathways to its
workforce. The hospital, one of the largest non-academic teaching hospitals in The …

In 2000, the Centre for Health Services & Nursing Research, Catholic University Leuven,
Belgium, launched the Belgian—Dutch Clinical Pathway Network. This is a joint effort by …

The following is an invited commentary on the paper by Vanhaecht et al., 1 which raised the
question,'Is there a future for care pathways', and is intended to contribute to further debate …

This is the first issue of the International Journal of Care Pathways (IJCP) that has been
edited by the European Pathway Association team. The European Pathway Association …

Objective: Evaluation of the effect of implementing clinical pathways is a relatively new field
in health care research. Little is known about the way in which practice is influenced by the …

Clinicians and healthcare managers give more attention to the organisation of care
processes. One of the methods to organise care processes is clinical pathways. Clinical …

Care pathways, also known as clinical pathways, critical pathways or integrated care
pathways, are used all over the world. Although they are used internationally, there are still a …

Objectives To give an overview on the use and prevalence of clinical pathways. Design
Cross-sectional descriptive study. Study participants European Pathway Association (EPA) …