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Shortfalls in Integrated Care Pathways. Part 2: How Well are we Doing?

Shortfalls in Integrated Care Pathways. Part 2: How Well are we Doing? INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAYS Journal if ORIGINAL ARTICLE Shortfalls in integrated care pathways. Part 2: how well are we doing? Paul S McDonald*, Claire LWhittlet, Linda Dunn and Kathryn de Luc* * Institute ifHealth & Social Care, University of Worcestel; Worcester; t Schoolif Health Sciences, Uniucrsitv if Birminghom, Birmingham; ~ West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham, UK of rcps by using again the rCPAT. The aim of the BACKGROUND paper is to firstly list the validated rCPAT items that can This is the second paper in a series of two concerning be used to assess the quality of lCl/s. and secondly to the evaluation of current integrated care pathways identify current shortfalls in quality as perceived by (rCps) used in health-care organizations throughout those developing and appraising them. The paper also the United Kingdom. Both this and the preceding intends to merge its findings with those of its sister paper focus upon the appraisal of the content and paper in order to inform a wider discussion on the quality of rcps, using the integrated care pathways implications for health-care organizations. appraisal tool (ICPAT), developed and validated by the authors in previous work. The first paper in this series provided a definition of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Pathways SAGE

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INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAYS Journal if ORIGINAL ARTICLE Shortfalls in integrated care pathways. Part 2: how well are we doing? Paul S McDonald*, Claire LWhittlet, Linda Dunn and Kathryn de Luc* * Institute ifHealth & Social Care, University of Worcestel; Worcester; t Schoolif Health Sciences, Uniucrsitv if Birminghom, Birmingham; ~ West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham, UK of rcps by using again the rCPAT. The aim of the BACKGROUND paper is to firstly list the validated rCPAT items that can This is the second paper in a series of two concerning be used to assess the quality of lCl/s. and secondly to the evaluation of current integrated care pathways identify current shortfalls in quality as perceived by (rCps) used in health-care organizations throughout those developing and appraising them. The paper also the United Kingdom. Both this and the preceding intends to merge its findings with those of its sister paper focus upon the appraisal of the content and paper in order to inform a wider discussion on the quality of rcps, using the integrated care pathways implications for health-care organizations. appraisal tool (ICPAT), developed and validated by the authors in previous work. The first paper in this series provided a definition of

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Published: Apr 1, 2006

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