title: The development of Partners for Health's integrated community pathway for postmyocardial infarction patients.
abstract: Partners for Health convened an interdisciplinary team to evaluate the quality of care received by cardiac patients. The team detailed the suboptimal postacute care of patients with ischemic heart disease. To solve the quality problems, a cross-sectoral team, using an approach that is in accordance with the American Heart Association's Scientific Statement on Pathways, systematically developed and implemented an integrated community pathway for myocardial infarction patients. The paper contributes to the literature on pathways by presenting the lessons learned from the authors' first-hand experience. The paper concludes with recommendations based on those lessons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Home Care Evaluation and Research Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario. wendy.young@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rewa
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Coyte
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jaglal
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bentley-Taylor
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fountas
authors.forename: Anup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levinson
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*