 Radiology demand and capacity: A stochastic analysis based on care pathwaysL. Sibanda, P. Engel-Hills and E. Hering Cogent Business & Management, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 1334994 Abstract: The definition of (care) pathways, their advantages and disadvantages and the associated theories since the 1950s have been reported. Important in the definitions is that clinical care pathways are defined for a single examination process and that variances in clinical examination or clinical setting introduce variances in the clinical pathway. The objective of this study was to provide stochastic evidence necessary to establish a radiology care map that has “the right people, doing the right things, in the right order, at the right time, in the right place, with the right outcome”. Following a rigorous ethics approval process, data was collected from all consenting departments, radiographers (in their individual professional capacities) and a random sample of patients through document review, interview and observational research approaches. The outcome of the study supports blurring the scope of practice boundaries and timely execution of radiography examinations. However, there remains the need for further research to map care pathways for other radiology procedures and patients whose care is more variable and less standard. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:oabmxx:v:4:y:2017:i:1:p:1334994 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2017.1334994 Access Statistics for this article Cogent Business & Management is currently edited by Len Tiu Wright and Tahir Nisar More articles in Cogent Business & Management from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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