Establishment and implementation of evidence-based clinical pathway of Chinese medicine.
- Author:
Jian-ping LIU
1
;
Si-cheng WANG
;
Da-rong WU
Author Information
1. Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. jianping_l@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Critical Pathways;
Evidence-Based Medicine;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
methods
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
2011;31(1):115-119
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The purpose of establishing an evidence-based clinical pathway is to standardize the clinical practice, improve the quality of health care and cure patients' illness. Since the core of evidence-based medicine (EBM) lies in implementing the current best available evidence of clinical research to direct the decision making in clinical practice, evidence obtained from research should be kept to either in formulating a clinical practice guideline or establishing a clinical pathway. The EBM method for establishing clinical pathway was introduced in this paper, including setting up a compilation team, raising clinical relevant problems, searching and critically appraising available evidence, and incorporating them into the process of clinical pathway establishment, expecting to provide methodological guidance for establishing TCM clinical pathway in future.
