Optimization of Care Pathways Through Technological, Clinical, Organizational and Social Innovations: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: Numerous calls at national and international level are leading some countries to seek to redesign the provision of healthcare and services. Care pathways have the potential to improve outcomes by providing a mechanism to coordinate care and reduce fragmentation and ultimately costs. However, their implementation still shows variable results, resulting in them being considered as complex interventions in complex systems. By mobilizing an emerging approach combining action research and grounded theory methodology, we conducted a pilot project on care pathways. We used a strongly inductive process, to mobilize comparison and continuous theoretical sampling to produce theories. Forty-two interviews were conducted, and participant observations were made throughout the project, including 60 part

SUBMITTER: Gartner JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637140 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature