Protocol-based care: 2. Developing pathways with effective teams.
An integrated care pathway aims to ensure quality of care. A successful model hinges on the strength of the multidisciplinary ICP team and its members' ability to work together. Part two of this 12-part series focuses on how one topic--acute coronary syndrome--was chosen at one trust, and highlights the experiences of setting up a multidisciplinary cardiac care ICP team.
Docherty
Brendan
B
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London.
McCombe
Jane
J
Simpson
Sue
S
D019091:Critical Pathways; D019468:Disease Management; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011787:Quality of Health Care