Enhancing patient care: case management and critical pathways
Newman, B.
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing a Quarterly Publication of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation 13(1): 16-24
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0813-0531 PMID: 7546458 Document Number: 447589
This paper describes the processes involved in case management and in developing critical pathways as a mechanism to improve customer focused care. Critical pathways can be used to manage the care of patients in settings as varied as acute care hospitals, tertiary care facilities and primary health care areas. Advantages and disadvantages of case management and the critical pathways method of management are outlined from a nursing perspective.