title: The rationale for therapist-driven protocols.
abstract: Misallocation of respiratory care, defined as ordering therapy unlikely to provide benefit (overordering) and failing to provide beneficial therapy (underordering), is common and provides the rationale for implementing therapist-driven protocols. This article reviews the frequency of misallocation of respiratory care and explores possible reasons for misallocation. Therapist-driven protocols represent a new model for delivering respiratory care that is designed to minimize misallocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Stoller
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D014481:United States