title: Provider overhauls pathway procedures to improve outcomes analysis, care efficiency.
abstract: Revamping your clinical pathways to make them even more efficient and effective. Anne Arundel Medical Center's successful total hip/total knee replacement pathway has already slashed length of stay 48%, but officials weren't satisfied. They've redesigned the pathway's documentation process to get consistent data for accurately measuring patient outcomes--and have improved efficiency and patient care and education as well. Find out how the new system works and why there's always room for improvement.
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000592:standards*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000592:standards*; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D019091:Critical Pathways; D004282:Documentation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008396:Maryland; D008499:Medical Records; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*