Journal of Integrated Care Pathways > Volume 12, Number 2 > Pp. 45-55

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An academic medical centre's programme to develop clinical pathways to manage health care: focus on acute decompensated heart failure

Dawn Lombardo ^*, Tania V Bridgeman  , Nathalie De Michelis  and Molly Nunez ^*

^* Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Department of Case Management, University of California Irvine Medical Center, CA, USA

View larger version (32K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1 Heart failure clinical pathway (abridged version)

 

View larger version (53K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2 Emergency department clinical algorithm

 

View larger version (36K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3 Nursing guide to the heart failure clinical pathway

 

View larger version (34K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4 Heart failure patient guide clinical pathway for patient

 

View larger version (10K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5 Clinical indicator: complete discharge instructions

 

View larger version (12K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 6 Clinical indicator: BNP and diuretic injection on day 1

 

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 7 Clinical indicator: heart failure re-admission rate at seven days and 30 days post-hospitalization

 

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