Showing posts with label Clinical pathways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clinical pathways. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Clinical Practice Guidelines: Not Just For Cancer Anymore

The lack of standardization of healthcare in the U.S. has led to shocking variations in treatment outcomes and equally shocking cost differentials, to the point that in some places, and for some conditions, more money is spent to deliver worse outcomes.

As a consequence, clinical practice guidelines will be developed and refined to achieve the goal of standardizing care across providers and geographies.

Oncologists are the Vanguard of the Guidelines-Centered Future