The world of private healthcare is changing faster than ever. With increasing pressure to meet patient expectations, adhere to regulations and ensure the best care, practitioners need intelligent solutions. One of the best ways to stay ahead of the curve is by using the Care Pathways in ePractice.
In this film and blog, we walk you through how the structured pathways can help you improve patient outcomes and keep your practice aligned with CQC standards – from effective outcomes to continuous improvement.
What’s a Care Pathway?
An ePractice Care Pathway is a simple yet powerful workflow of prompts that guides you or your team through every step of a patient’s care. You build the pathway how you want it so you can make sure that the right care is delivered at the right time, every time.
With this structured approach to care you’ll be driving streamlined accuracy, compliance and consistency – ultimately making life easier for your team while delivering the best care for your patients.
How do Care Pathways streamline consultations and support effective outcomes?
While the CQC doesn’t give a one-size-fits-all blueprint for effective outcomes, it does expect healthcare providers — private practices included — to show they’re delivering results. Care Pathways help streamline patient care through:
- Evidence-based effectiveness: pathways built on proven best practices in your field mean that patients get the best possible treatment
- Tailoring to individual needs: adapting care plans based on each patient’s needs and preferences
How do Care Pathways help your team to provide a consistent level of care?
Consistency is everything when it comes to first-class care and that’s exactly what the Care Pathways in ePractice are here for. By setting them up, you can rest easy knowing that:
- All patients receive consistent care: whether or not they see the same practitioner, keeping everyone on the same page
- Sticking to best practice guidelines: pathways help reduce variations in care by ensuring your team follows established protocols to give reliable and high-quality care
This structured approach means your team can consistently deliver the same high standard of care, helping you navigate CQC’s expectations for regulatory compliance.
What role do Care Pathways play in driving progress and quality improvement?
The CQC wants to drive continuous improvement — it’s all about constantly reviewing and improving care to keep things top-notch. They want healthcare providers to keep learning and adapting, not just meeting standards, but going beyond them. Our Care Pathways can help you do that.
- Optimise resources and minimise delays: by sticking to the pathway, patients should get the right treatment faster, cutting out unnecessary tests and treatments and saving time and resources along the way
- Encourage ongoing training: as pathways are built on evidence-based practices, they keep your team in the loop with the latest standards. It’s a great way to keep a culture of learning and growth alive in your practice
- Identify improvement areas: looking at how the majority of patients go through the flow helps you audit any hiccups or delays in outcomes, e.g. the speed that you get test results back. Then you can smooth things out and deliver even better results for your patients
For the full low-down on how to align with CQC standards, check out the CQC guidance and regulations and their info on continuous improvement and person-centred care.
Staying ahead of the game with intelligent tech
Hi (Healthcode Intelligence) takes clever tech and turns it into easy-to-use tools that make life simpler. Whether it’s helping you quickly create a workflow with the right questions and prompts or delivering them in an app that’s simple to use, it’s all about giving you and your team better ways of working and more time to focus on your patients.
Stay ahead by using the Care Pathways in ePractice
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