• Maintaining Quality Care.
• Coordination of department segments
• Reducing cost without compromising patient care
• Support from the staff / stakeholders
• To remove / determine non-value added activity
• Conformance and control
2. What is a care path?
Care path is used to manage the quality in healthcare with regards to standardization of care process by minimizing delays and with resource utilization while maximizing the quality of care.
3. What are its specific features?
• Control Cost
• Diagnostics testing
• Standardization
• Create efficiencies
• Improves communication
• Improves coordination
• Allows for flexibility