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Monocyte LOXHD1 and RHOB Expression Predictive of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Care programmes and integrated care pathways

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2008
PurposeThe article discusses how care programmes and integrated care pathways can be linked, finding ways to improve healthcare process professional and logistical quality from a supply chain and a network point‐of‐view.Design/methodology/approachThe authors argue that owing to cost containment goals and increasing healthcare demand, healthcare ...
Joosten, T.C.M.   +2 more
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Integrated care pathways: pathways to change in health care?

Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2007
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that, if teams in healthcare focus on the patient using the framework of a care pathway, change can occur without the overt need to “manage” it directly.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper the relevant literature is reviewed and it is demonstrated that if this approach is used it also provides a ...
Claire, Whittle, Alistair, Hewison
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Integrated care pathways

NT Research, 1997
Integrated care pathways (ICPs) offer a system of multidisciplinary care planning based around the principle of clinical audit and on the knowledge and practice of local clinical staff. The system offers a set of guiding principles, based on the fact that, because knowledge and practice change continually when caring for patients, clinical records ...
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Bypass: an integrated hip fracture care pathway

Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 2020
The incidence of hip fractures is expected to increase over the coming years, placing a greater burden on limited resources. A high volume of patients is brought to hospitals that do not have the resources necessary to provide definitive care. Optimal care involves a coordinated and integrated system of trauma care.
Nicholas O’Keeffe   +5 more
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Evaluating diabetes integrated care pathways

Practical Diabetes, 2014
AbstractThe delivery of chronic disease care within new models of integration is an increasing reality. Currently, there is no clear evidence that community or tiered systems of care delivery are superior to existing diabetes services in terms of hard outcomes; however, it is apparent that they offer other potential benefits that can enhance the system
Paul Grant, Ifyunaya Chika‐Ezerioha
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Integrated care pathways in stroke management

2010
an organized, goal-defined and time-specified plan of management as envisaged by the integrated care pathway approach can achieve quality outcomes at lower cost. Integrated care pathways may have applications to stroke management because diagnosis is well defined, complex interdisciplinary inputs are required and there is good evidence on best practice.
Sulch, D, Kalra, L
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Service user involvement and integrated care pathways

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2007
PurposeUnderstanding patients' experiences of their interactions with health services is an important step in building quality from within. The purpose of this article is to look at the possibilities for involving service users in the development of the National Health Service in England through the structure of integrated care pathways (ICPs).Design ...
Elizabeth, Smith, Fiona M, Ross
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Integrated Care Pathways After Stroke

2018
Time wise, the most common distinction of stroke is division to (1) acute phase, (2) rehabilitation phase, and (3) chronic/long-term care phase. There are not always clear-cut boundaries, but generally the nature and treatment goals of these phases differ substantially.
D. M. de Vries-Giesen   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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