Wilson A A
Nursing Program, University of Washington, Tacoma, USA.
Home Healthc Nurse Manag. 2000 Sep-Oct;4(5):3-7.
To effectively market programs and maximize resources under a prospective payment system, home healthcare agencies need to look closely at standardizing treatment practices by using normative treatment guidelines as a mechanism to link patient outcomes to the care provided, which can improve quality without increasing costs. This article discusses the issues, methods, and processes used to test treatment guidelines and strategies to improve existing guidelines through evidence-based research.
为了在预期支付系统下有效地推广项目并最大化资源，家庭医疗保健机构需要密切关注通过使用规范性治疗指南来规范治疗实践，以此作为将患者治疗结果与所提供护理相联系的一种机制，这样既能提高质量又不会增加成本。本文讨论了用于测试治疗指南的问题、方法和流程，以及通过循证研究改进现有指南的策略。
