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  • Clinical Quality Improvement
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Electronic Health Records (EHR) capture patient care data.
  • Integrated Care Pathways (ICPs) define evidence-based, ideal patient journeys.
  • Discrepancies between EHR data and ICPs highlight areas for quality improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel tool for analyzing variances between actual patient care (EHR) and ideal care (ICP).
  • To facilitate the identification of patterns in deviations from established care pathways.
  • To support healthcare quality improvement initiatives by making variance analysis more accessible.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Collaborative Online Care Pathway Investigation Tool (COCPIT).
  • COCPIT provides a web-based platform for Care Pathway Variance Analysis.
  • The tool aims to integrate expertise from various disciplines for comprehensive analysis.

Main Results:

  • COCPIT enables clinicians and health service managers to perform variance analysis.
  • The tool facilitates the identification of deviations from intended patient care.
  • It addresses the challenge of combining interdisciplinary knowledge for pathway analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Care Pathway Variance Analysis is essential for healthcare quality improvement.
  • The COCPIT tool simplifies and enhances the process of variance analysis.
  • Wider adoption of such tools can lead to more consistent and effective patient care.