title: The value of clinical pathways in home care.
abstract: Providing cost-effective, high-quality care can pose a challenge in this era of managed care. One agency successfully established and implemented multidisciplinary teams to organize and optimize care. Two case studies compare the nursing process of traditional versus well-managed care and show that clinical pathways can be effective tools to enhance the nursing process in home care.
authors.affiliation: Franciscan Health System of the Ohio Valley, Inc., Cincinnati, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namie
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009820:Ohio; D010347:Patient Care Planning