An introduction to critical paths

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 45-54

  Coffey, Richard J ^a   Richards, Janet S ^b   Remmert, Carl S ^a   Le Roy, Sarah S ^c   Schoville, Rhonda R ^a   Baldwin, Phyllis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026911249     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019514-199223000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Shoemaker, W.C. “Critical Path Medicine.” Critical Care Medicine 2, no. 5 (September-October 1974): 279.
2. Wennberg, J.E., et al. “Changes in Tonsillectomy Rates Associated with Feedback and Review.” Pediatrics 59, no. 6 (June 1977): 821-26.
3. Eisenberg, J.M. Doctors’ Decisions and the Cost of Medical Care. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Health Administration Press Perspectives, 1986.
4. Zander, K. “Care Maps: The Core of Cost/Quality Care.” The New Definition 6, no. 3 (Fall 1991): 1-3.
5. Zander, K. “Nursing Case Management: Strategie Management of Cost and Quality Outcomes." Journal of Nursing Administration 18, no. 5 (May 1988): 23-30.
6. Stetler, C., and DeZell, A. Case Management Plans: Designs for Transformation. Boston, Mass.: New England Medical Center Hospitals, 1987.
7. James, B.C. Quality Management for Health Care Delivery. Chicago, Ill.: Hospital Research and Educational Trust, 1989.
8. Classen, D.C., et al. “The Timing of Prophylactic Administration of Antibiotics and the Risk of Surgical-Wound Infection.” New England Journal of Medicine 326, no. 5 (30 January, 1992): 281-86.
9. Etheredge, M.L.S., ed. Collaborative Care: Nursing Case Management. Chicago, Ill.: American Hospital Publishing, 1989.
10. Gaucher, E., and Coffey, R.J. Total Quality Management in Health Care: From Theory to Practice. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, forthcoming.
11. Cohen, E.L. “Nursing Case Management: Does It Pay?” Journal of Nursing Administration 21, no. 4 (April 1991): 20-25.
12. Ethridge, P., and Lamb, G.S. “Professional Nursing Case Management Improves Quality, Access and Costs.” Nursing Management 20, no. 3 (March 1989): 30-35.
13. Zander, K. “Estimating and Tracking the Financial Impact of Critical Paths.” Definition 5, no. 4 (Fall 1990): 1-3.
14. Mosher, C., et al. “Upgrading Practice with Critical Pathways.” American Journal of Nursing (January 1992): 41-44.