Foreword / Melanie Jayne Maxwell -- Pt. 1. What are integrated care pathways? 1. Introduction / Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts -- Pt. 2. Why introduce integrated care pathways? 2. ICPs and quality: the use of ICPs to facilitate a clinically effective service / Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts. 3. Effectiveness: the use of ICPs to facilitate a cost-effective service / Tom Jones. 4. ICPs: a vehicle to deliver clinical governance / Denise Kitchiner -- Pt. 3. How to introduce integrated care pathways. 5. Getting started / Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts. 6. Documentation / Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts. 7. Crossing professional and service boundaries: a case study / Leslie Braidwood and Tracy P. Evans. 8. Maintaining momentum / Rhona Hotchkiss. 9. Evaluating care pathways / Kathryn de Luc. 10. Clinical benchmarking / Sue Middleton and Adrian Roberts -- App. 1. Clinical pathways maturity matrix -- App. 2. Integrated care pathway for 'cardiac' chest pain/suspected myocardial infarction / Kidderminster Health Care NHS Trust -- App. 3. Integrated care pathway for day case cardiac catheters / Papworth Hospital NHS Trust
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