The final goal of current medical service is to have both medial institute and patients satisfied by reaching proper balance between the cost and quality of nursing care. In spite of some merits of disease-related group(DRG) payment system, such as el...
The final goal of current medical service is to have both medial institute and patients satisfied by reaching proper balance between the cost and quality of nursing care. In spite of some merits of disease-related group(DRG) payment system, such as elimination of unnecessary service and decrease of medial cost, impaired quality of medical service appeared to be a major disadvantage. Advanced measure to offer cost-effective and quality-improved medical service is case management and the schematized model of case management is critical pathway. The purpose of this study is to develop critical pathway for the patient with gallbladder disease receiving laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Development team was composed with seven members including a surgical diplomat, two surgical residents, two professors of adult nursing, a head nurse and a regular nurse of surgical ward. Thirty-two medical records of the patients received laparoscopic cholesystectomy were reviewed and preliminary critical pathway was made. Medical area in y-axis of critical pathway was divided into eight sections; monitoring/assessment, treatment, medication, activity, diet, test, consultation, and education/discharge plan. Date area in x-axis was diveded into seven from preoperative day to fifth postoperative day. Preliminary critical pathway was applied for the six new patients to testify and correct the adequacy, and final critical pathway was established.