Lumsdon K, Hagland M
Hosp Health Netw. 1993 Oct 20;67(20):34-40.
Managing clinical quality and assessing the efficacy of clinical operations are key objectives for all health care providers--but pressure is growing to do more with fewer resources. As a result, many innovators are turning to critical paths as a tool that can help them achieve those goals. Indeed, a new survey by Hospitals & Health Networks and Medicus Systems Corp. finds critical paths are taking hold in health care organizations in a big way. Of those hospital executives surveyed, 57 percent say they have a critical paths program. But the survey also uncovered a slew of names for the tools being used, and experts agree there are wide disparities in innovators' motivations, methods and achievements.
管理临床质量和评估临床操作的效果是所有医疗服务提供者的关键目标——但用更少的资源做更多事情的压力越来越大。因此，许多创新者将关键路径作为一种工具，帮助他们实现这些目标。事实上，《医院与健康网络》和Medicus Systems公司的一项新调查发现，关键路径正在医疗保健组织中广泛应用。在接受调查的医院高管中，57%的人表示他们有关键路径项目。但调查也发现了正在使用的这些工具的一系列名称，而且专家们一致认为，创新者的动机、方法和成果存在很大差异。
