An overview on the history and concept of care pathways as complex interventions

K Vanhaecht, M Panella, R Van Zelm… - … Journal of Care …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Process mining for clinical pathway: Literature review and future directions

W Yang, Q Su - 2014 11th international conference on service …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clinical pathway (CP) is a tool to improve service quality and efficiency of the medical
institutions. However, most of the clinical pathways designed with the traditional methods …

Have we drawn the wrong conclusions about the value of care pathways? Is a Cochrane review appropriate?

K Vanhaecht, J Ovretveit, MJ Elliott… - Evaluation & the …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Care pathways are used increasingly worldwide to organize patient care. However, different
views exist about their effectiveness. One of the reasons for this is that pathways are …

The 7-phase method to design, implement and evaluate care pathways

K Vanhaecht, E Van Gerven, S Deneckere… - International Journal of …, 2012 - ijpcm.org
Background: Care pathways, also known as clinical pathways, are used all over the world to
implement and monitor patient-centered care processes in a transparent way. Care …

The effect of care pathways for hip fractures: a systematic review

F Leigheb, K Vanhaecht, W Sermeus… - Calcified tissue …, 2012 - Springer
We performed a systematic review for primary studies on care pathways (CPs) for hip
fracture (HF). The online databases MEDLINE-PubMed, Ovid-EMBASE, CINAHL-EBSCO …

Poor drug adherence and lack of awareness of hypertension among hypertensive stroke patients in Kampala, Uganda: a cross sectional study

I Mugwano, M Kaddumukasa, L Mugenyi, J Kayima… - BMC research …, 2016 - Springer
Background Raised blood pressure (BP) remains an important risk factor for cardiovascular
diseases such as stroke. Adherence to therapeutic recommendations especially …

A cluster randomized trial to assess the effect of clinical pathways for patients with stroke: results of the clinical pathways for effective and appropriate care study

M Panella, S Marchisio, R Brambilla, K Vanhaecht… - BMC medicine, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Clinical pathways (CPs) are used to improve the outcomes of acute
stroke, but their use in stroke care is questionable, because the evidence on their …

Impact of a care pathway for COPD on adherence to guidelines and hospital readmission: a cluster randomized trial

K Vanhaecht, C Lodewijckx, W Sermeus… - … journal of chronic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Current in-hospital management of exacerbations of COPD is suboptimal, and
patient outcomes are poor. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether …

Main barriers to effective implementation of stroke care pathways in France: a qualitative study

K Gache, H Leleu, G Nitenberg, F Woimant… - BMC Health Services …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Stroke Care Pathways (SCPs) aim to improve quality of care by
providing better access to stroke units, rehabilitation centres, and home care for dependent …

[PDF][PDF] Factors associated with reintegration to normal living after stroke

A Murtezani, H Hundozi, S Gashi, T Osmani, V Krasniqi… - Med Arh, 2009 - academia.edu
Background and Purpose: Emotional alterations are frequent ater stroke. Anxiety is a
response due to the fear from disease, although depression is a result of potential disability …