title: Implementing a clinical pathway for congestive heart failure: experiences at a teaching hospital.
abstract: Clinical pathways are processes of care that use a multidisciplinary team effort to move patients toward a designed outcome. This article details the challenges of a Quality Enhancement and Clinical Resource Management Team in designing and implementing a successful congestive heart failure pathway at a teaching hospital. Academic institutions have the resources as part of their research mission, to enhance the development of clinical pathways and assess their outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lepczyk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LaPlante
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spybrook
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Racine
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valade
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care