Older adults often succeed because someone else is quietly quarterbacking. Seek consent to involve that person, make ...

Standardizing care for venous thromboembolism patients using a clinical pathway may help reduce hospital utilization and care costs, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Patient engagement has matured from aspiration to necessity as precision medicine moves from laboratory concept to bedside. Cutting-edge therapies increasingly target narrowly defined genetic or ...

Length of stay and time to surgery were significantly reduced after implementation of this admission pathway. Readmission rate was not adversely affected by this change. The protocol also ...

If we were to convene a panel of healthcare experts to choose a goal that holds the promise of being both achievable and influential at improving the value of healthcare, it may very well be the ...

According to the final panel at Patient-Centered Oncology Care®, clinical pathways can create a new problem: if each payer tries to impose its own pathways, it’s an administrative and ethical ...

Clinical pathways are intended to improve the quality of clinical care in specific situations, but insurers' demands for rigid adherence to inadequate, prespecified oncology protocols may have the ...

In a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates. Objectives: ...

A cancer diagnosis is a scary and confusing pathway that no one should have to travel alone. At the Cancer Care Center, ...

The “patient journey” is a common buzzword in the medical marketing vernacular these days. But, to maximize your product’s utilization, you must think beyond the journey and consider the entire ...