Aim To determine whether clinical/care pathway audit tools can identify the characteristics of
well‐organized care processes. Background Although pathways are used worldwide …

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 …

Aim Clinical pathways are used worldwide to (re) organize care processes. They are used
by multidisciplinary teams in their search towards excellence. The goal of this study is (1) to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 becoming increasingly popular within UK healthcare organisations yet
very little is known about the tool. Using the results from a survey of healthcare …

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

Clinical pathways are used as a method of organizing care processes. Although they are
used worldwide, the concept remains unclear, with little understanding of what exactly is …