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Clinical pathways and case management in anesthesia practice: new tools and systems for the evolving healthcare
C Rietz1, S Erickson, J K Deshpande
1Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Anesthesia, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
AANA Journal
|December 5, 1997
Abstract:
Clinical care pathways and case management are strategies utilized by increasing numbers of hospitals to meet the challenges of capitated reimbursement and managed care. A clinical pathway is an outcome-focused tool used to define a multidisciplinary plan of care. A case manager coordinates patient care across an episode of illness or hospitalization. These tools and systems have great potential for use by nurse anesthetists in ensuring that high-quality anesthesia care is delivered in a cost-effective manner.