Development and Implementation of a Critical Pathway in Patient with Osmidrosis

Kim, Yang Woo; Kim, Heung Kyu; Shim, Kyung Won

Journal of Korean Society Quality Assurance Health Care 2002;9(1): 66.
Published online May 30, 2002.

액취증 환자에서 표준 진료지침서의 개발과 적용

김양우¹, 김흥규¹, 심경원²

¹이화여자대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실
²이화여자대학교 의과대학 가정의학교실

Development and Implementation of a Critical Pathway in Patient with Osmidrosis

Yang Woo Kim¹, Heung Kyu Kim¹, Kyung Won Shim²

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University
²Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University

Abstract

The current health care system demands provisions for patient care in perspectives of a cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. Critical pathway implementation facilitates optimal sequencing and intervention timing of patient care, and makes medical team and patients participate in a treatment actively. In this study, a critical pathway was developed and implemented to patients with osmidrosis who undertake operation. Sixty patients were included in the study. The critical pathway was implemented for care of 26 patients while the traditional care was implemented for 34 patients. In the critical pathway implemented group, time needed for charting and unessential working was reduced. Mean time amount of time for patient nursing was increased. The critical pathway implementation is an effective method to utilize time of medical team. Also it increases the satisfaction index of patients and medical team simultaneously.

Key words Critical pathway;Osmidrosis;Time utilization;Satisfaction score;