PathworX: an informatics tool for quality improvement.
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- p. 518-22
Abstract
To optimize quality of care while conserving resources requires the right information and the right organizational processes. PathworX, a care management and documentation system developed at Vanderbilt, coordinates interdisciplinary care based on evidence-based best practices and provides information about the achievement of patient care goals as an indicator of quality. Using data about goal achievement and resource consumption in a process of continual quality improvement enables hospital units to reduce waste while improving patient outcomes.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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