title: Embracing case management for computerization of care pathways.
abstract: The computerization of care pathways (CPs) has drawn considerable attention, for improving quality of health care and reducing costs. A well-known big challenge of implementing CPs is their flexibility and ad hoc variations in execution of clinical tasks. We observe that case management suits well to address this problem, and this paper proposes a CMMN-based CP model, where CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation) is becoming an industry standard. Via an experimental experience on modelling CHF (congestive heart failure) ambulatory CP, we illustrate that the usage of case management paves the way to popularize CPs, particularly for its quick deployment and execution in industrial products.
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Yiqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: IBM Research - China.
authors.forename: Guotong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002681:China; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational