title: Supporting liver transplantation by clinical pathway intelligence.
abstract: A reproducible and transparent quality of clinical treatments plays an important role in the performance of a hospital. In liver transplantation (LT), this is particularly important for patient safety, resource planning, documentation, and quality management. Thus, the clinical pathway for LT was documented in an electronic format within our research project PIGE. Data from clinical information systems were linked to this pathway, which allows for process monitoring (the assessment of the current state for every patient in the LT process) and a retrospective analysis of all treatments in addition to all data pertaining to the treatment, for example, cost, time, number of personnel, etc.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Jena, Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Malessa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Herzberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krumnow
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Habrecht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scheuerlein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauschke
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Settmacher
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D061214:Patient Safety