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Protocol-based care: 2. Developing pathways with effective teams.

Brendan Docherty·Jane McCombe·Sue Simpson
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An integrated care pathway aims to ensure quality of care. A successful model hinges on the strength of the multidisciplinary ICP team and its members' ability to work together. Part two of this 12-part series focuses on how one topic--acute coronary syndrome--was chosen at one trust, and highlights the experiences of setting up a multidisciplinary cardiac care ICP team.

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Brendan Docherty, Jane McCombe, Sue Simpson. 2003. Protocol-based care: 2. Developing pathways with effective teams.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14593784/

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