title: PathworX: an informatics tool for quality improvement.
abstract: To optimize quality of care while conserving resources requires the right information and the right organizational processes. PathworX, a care management and documentation system developed at Vanderbilt, coordinates interdisciplinary care based on evidence-based best practices and provides information about the achievement of patient care goals as an indicator of quality. Using data about goal achievement and resource consumption in a process of continual quality improvement enables hospital units to reduce waste while improving patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ozbolt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hatcher
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000592:standards*; D013714:Tennessee; D017749:Total Quality Management