Critical pathways project

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ayokunle Olubaniyi, M.B,B.S [2]

Overview

The critical pathways project is focused on creating standardized treatment protocols for the management of medical conditions by applying evidence-based medical approaches to patient care. With the use of critical pathways, a health care giver can rapidly determine the treatment goals of a specific medical condition and institute appropriate actions in a chronological sequence with optimal efficiency. This project is intended for interns, residents, attending physicians, hospitalists, specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to contribute their expertise. This project aims at improving the quality of making diagnoses and treating medical conditions, reducing the variability in treatment, and to improve the overall quality of patient care. WikiDoc welcomes your involvement in contributing to this project.

Unmet Needs

The world of medicine is rapidly evolving and there is a contact need of a potential tool for quality improvement with the aim of reducing the cost of health care, standardizing health care processes, reducing the occurrence of medical errors and optimizing the treatment outcomes both in the acute and home care settings.

How Can WikiDoc Meet These Unmet Needs?

The WikiDoc team has come up with the 'critical pathways project' intended to solve these problems. Critical pathways is multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced. Outcomes are tied to specific interventions. The use of critical pathways have been proven to

How Can You Help WikiDoc Meet These Unmet Needs?

Your participation to this project is very important to us at WikiDoc. You are welcome to apply if you are an intern, resident, attending physician, specialist, nurse or a nurse practitioner. A good medical knowledge, and preferably, a prior residency training and experience will be required. You will also be required to function as an Associate Editor-in Chief at WikiDoc.