Overview of the Development of a Generic Integrated Care Pathway in a Department of Medicine for the Elderly

The development of an Integrated Care Pathway for all patients with advanced life-limiting illness ? the Supportive Care Pathway

“…2005). The pathway in development in Birmingham is slightly unusual, in a similar way to the pathway described by McAloon et al. (2005), in that it takes a broad multidisciplinary and generalist view of care needs.…”

“…The fundamental principle of the ICP is to ensure that the most appropriate and evidence‐based care is delivered to the patient by the right person, doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right pace to ensure the right outcome. It also addresses policy drivers such as clinical governance as a way of improving the quality of care for those groups of patients for whom it has been designed (McAloon et al. 2005).…”