I n the era of value-based care, hospitals and practices are increasingly realizing the significance of building holistic care pathways that enhance patient experiences and optimize patient outcomes. Clinical pathways or integrated care pathways are strategic roadmaps that support timely intervention and alignment of care pathways through coordinated and cohesive care. Here’s a compilation of some of the best practices for care delivery workflow and how they can optimize your care pathways for better patient engagement and health outcomes.

1. Patient Journey Mapping.
   Consider asking these questions. Are there standardized pathways created for patient groups? Are the critical patient data being collected before the pilot project begins? What are the various factors that need to be improved? Evaluation is crucial at the early stages to gain insights on the current state, areas of improvement and how the long-term and short-term goals can be achieved.


2. Collaboration between Teams.
   Care pathway management involves various teams including the Physicians, surgeons, care navigators and others, and hence need a consistent workflow that can be accessed across the care teams.


3. Learning and Improvement.
   Gain insights from previous processes on the inconsistencies, unnecessary steps or other hurdles that can be prevented in the future. You can also create new KPIs based on these evaluations.


4. Pilot Process.
   Compare the actual patient data with the data gathered through the pilot process. For instance, the time spent by the patient at each phase of the treatment process and how it varies from the pilot project. This comparison and analysis help understand the expected and the actual results and where there has been a mismatch. Based on the result, you can make further changes.


5. Go / No Go.
   Are the final results satisfactory, or does it require any tweaks or adjustments to improve the care pathway?

These are some of the key best practices that are proven to make a difference to your care pathway management. Our clients including—leading hospital chains and practices use our care coordination platform RippleCare patient engagement solution to maximize care pathways and outcomes. This has helped care providers stay on top of the care path, gain actionable insights, deliver hyper-personalized instructions and make timely interventions—that drive collaboration, engagement, satisfaction and outcomes.

To learn more about our patient engagement solution,talk to our team.