What are Clinical Pathways?
Kinsman and colleagues (BMC Medicine. 2010, 8:31) describe clinical pathways as:
- structured multidisciplinary plans of care used to translate evidence into local structures
- detailing care in an algorithm with criteria-based progression (that is, steps to take if designated criteria are met)
- which aims to standardize care for a specific clinical problem in a specific population
Clinical pathways integrate evidence-based guidelines with local key stakeholder expertise to promote high value care. They provide a road map for “typical” care, represent the standard of care at UCM and are a foundational approach used in our clinical high reliability program. Implementation of pathways is supported by informatics solutions that promote ease of practice and the adoption of evidence-based interventions that strengthen patient outcomes. Clinical pathways are not meant to replace clinical judgement and patients should be managed based on their unique needs.
See the University of Chicago Medicine’s updated pathways using the AgileMD software or download the PDFs below (the PDFs will be updated every Friday).
COVID-19: Comer Pediatric Respiratory Failure or Cardiac Arrest Outside the ICU
Printed 01/21/2021
Other clinical pathways available at UChicago Medicine:
Adult ED:
- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- Admissions and Consults
- Adult Trauma Activation Criteria
- Asthma and COPD
- Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
- Back Pain
- Chest Pain & Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
- Dental Pain
- Febrile Neutropenia (Solid Tumor)
- Headache
- Hip Fracture
- Malignant Bowel Obstruction
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Sexual Wellness Clinic Flow
- Sickle Cell Crisis
- Social Work, Case Managers, Patient Advocates
- STEMI
Adult Inpatient:
- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- Adult Sickle Cell Disease – Inpatient Pain Management
- Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
- Chest Pain & Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
- Malignant Bowel Obstruction
- Pulmonary Embolism (new admission for PE)
- Pulmonary Embolism (previously admitted patient with a new PE)
Pediatrics:
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
- ED Community Acquired Pneumonia
- ED Croup
- ED Sepsis
- Inpatient Community Acquired Pneumonia