Critical care pathways in thromboembolic disease.

Abstract

Critical Care Pathways are outlines of each day's expected interventions and treatments for a particular process. They are part of a larger concept of case management, as an extramural, multidisciplinary approach to a patient's problems, with details suitable to their personality and case. This constitutes the overall concept of managed care. Rather than DVT, this presentation focuses on thromboembolism. I think you'll see why I chose to emphasize this complication instead. Modern medicine has been turned upside down; the rules are different, expectations are different. I would suggest to physicians who are resisting the CCP concept that it may be your salvation as much as it is a paperwork torment. It's clearly a way to provide better care for your patients.