title: Clinical pathways for case management.
abstract: Clinical pathways define a series of events that are expected to occur within an anticipated time, which sequence and monitor a patient's progress and treatment. They are used to project an individual's response to care and prospectively address alterations to these goals or outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Home Solutions, Danvers, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation