Success in implementing a hospital-wide evidence-based clinical pathways system for the management of cardiac patients: The ACAP program experience

Emad F. Aziz; Balaji Pratap; Maria E. De Benedetti Zunino; Deborah Tormey; Fahad Javed; Olivier Frankenberger; Mun K. Hong; Eyal Herzog

doi:10.1097/HPC.0b013e3182053331

Success in implementing a hospital-wide evidence-based clinical pathways system for the management of cardiac patients: The ACAP program experience

Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Maria E. De Benedetti Zunino, Deborah Tormey, Fahad Javed, Olivier Frankenberger, Mun K. Hong, Eyal Herzog

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There is robust evidence to support the concept that critical pathways, derived from evidence-based guidelines, are an effective strategy for bridging the gap between published guidelines and clinical practice. It was with this idea in mind that in 2004 we developed an innovative novel program at our institution, that is, the "Advanced Cardiac Admission Program." The Advanced Cardiac Admission program consists of tools and strategies for implementing American College of Cardiology or American Heart Association guidelines into daily clinical practice. The program is composed of 8 novel critical pathways for the management of cardiac patients. In this article, we describe our experience in successfully implementing this program at our institutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-28
Number of pages	7
Journal	Critical Pathways in Cardiology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0b013e3182053331
State	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Critical pathways
algorithm in clinical practice
bridging the gap
evidence-based guidelines
implementation

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