Clinical Pathways for Effective and Appropriate Care

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine whether clinical pathways: 1)improve the quality of the care provided to patients affected by stroke in terms of clinical outcomes, efficiency continuity of care and patients' satisfaction; 2) facilitate the use of evidence based medicine in clinical practice.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

OTHER

Clinical Pathways

Clinical pathways are a methodology for the mutual decision making and organization of care for a well-defined group of patients during a well-defined period. Defining characteristics of clinical pathways includes: an explicit statement of the goals and key elements of care based on evidence, best practice, and patient expectations; the facilitation of the communication, coordination of roles, and sequencing the activities of the multidisciplinary care team, patients and their relatives; the documentation, monitoring, and evaluation of variances and outcomes; and the identification of the appropriate resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali

  collaborator OTHER

• Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Reggio Calabria

  collaborator OTHER

• Forum della Solidarieta

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• IRCCS Besta

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regione Molise

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regione Puglia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regione Siciliana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regione Umbria

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Eastern Piedmont

  collaborator OTHER

• Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria delle Marche

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Francesco Di Stanislao, MD · Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria delle Marche

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2005-07-31

Primary Completion

2007-05-31

Completion

2007-05-31