Guidelines and clinical pathways. Is there really a difference?

Abstract Quality Design Activities of Good Clinical Practice guidelines or protocols and clinical pathways (CP) include those clinical plans intended for the patients with a particular disease. They must be based on the clinical evidence, the analysis of the process, and the consensus of the profess...

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Published in:Cirugia española (English ed.) 2010, Vol.88 (2), p.81-84
Main Authors: Romero Simó, Manuel, Soria Aledo, Víctor, Ruiz López, Pedro, Rodríguez Cuéllar, Elías, Aguayo Albasini, José Luis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calidad asistencial
Clinical pathway
Clinical variability
Guidelines
Guía de práctica clínica
Medical quality
Protocol
Protocolo
Surgery
Variabilidad en la práctica clínica
Vía clínica
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Summary:Abstract Quality Design Activities of Good Clinical Practice guidelines or protocols and clinical pathways (CP) include those clinical plans intended for the patients with a particular disease. They must be based on the clinical evidence, the analysis of the process, and the consensus of the professionals involved in the care of the patient. When these are introduced to surgical professionals, they usually say that they do not understand the the difference between CP and protocols or guidelines. In fact we are speaking quality design activities with the same objectives of decreasing the unjustified variability and helping in the decision making on a specific clinical problem. In this work we attempt to show the differences by defining what is understood by a clinical pathway and protocol or guideline.
ISSN:2173-5077
2173-5077
DOI:10.1016/S2173-5077(10)70011-9