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Map of medicine local update
This document gives a full overview of pathways in development.
Care pathway development
Following the successful application by the East Kent Senior Management Team to be an early adopter of the Map of Medicine a number of pathway redevelopment projects have been completed:
To access these recently published pathways on the Map of Medicine follow this link: http://england.mapofmedicine.com.
View more information about the east coast Map of Medicine early adopter project and pathway development implementation from within the health community.
Summary
The Map of Medicine offers the highest quality clinical information visualized in over 350 patient pathways. The Map early adopter programme allows forward thinking organisations to undertake projects in various clinical settings and demonstrate the service improvements possible. Organisations achieve a level of adoption maturity that allow them to share knowledge and best practices with others.
Following the successful application by the east Kent senior management team to be an early adopter of the Map of Medicine a number of pathway redevelopment projects have been completed. Marie Reynolds (Pathways Development Manager for NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent) has worked on a number of projects with various stakeholders from within East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent, Kent Community Health NHS Trust and local GPs. To view east Kent local pathways please follow this link: http://england.mapofmedicine.com
Completed local pathways now available to view on the Map of Medicine:
Upcoming pathways, to be published on the Map of Medicine by June 2010:
Pathways currently in development:
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COPD
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Low back pain
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Dementia.
If you would like to get involved in the development of pathways please contact Marie Reynolds (Marie.Reynolds@eastcoastkent.nhs.uk).
About the Map of Medicine
The map was born in the NHS in London. Consultants in a large teaching hospital faced the usual pressure to reduce clinic waiting times whilst receiving increasing numbers of referrals and identified the need for specialist knowledge to be available to all clinicians.
The Map of Medicine offers the high quality clinical information visualised in 400 patient pathways. It serves as a single healthcare knowledge resource that speeds the delivery of evidence based best practice across local healthcare communities.
If you would like further information about the Map of Medicine, including case studies from England and Wales, please see www.mapofmedicine.com.
