Map of Medicine provides evidence-based clinical pathways and decision support tools to help standardize patient care across settings. Their solution includes over 260 accredited pathways that can be customized locally. Implementing Map of Medicine's pathways and referral management tools can help reduce unwarranted variation, inappropriate referrals, and shift care to more appropriate settings, achieving benefits like cost savings. Successful localization involves customizing pathways over 6 months to reflect local practices and services.
Not just a software company working in healthcare. We are a healthcare company with expertise in authoring care pathways and guidance.
Team of people is very important as you need expertise to support you in driving through appropriate content to your clinicians, with the appropriate access and the appropriate engagement
We also work with a number of the colleges and professional bodies and will look to instill our expertise when delivering solutions to CCGs and practices
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Referral review could involve:
Systematic use of comparative information about GP and practice referral rates by specialty supported by more detailed audits at practice level including discussion of a sample of referrals to examine their content and appropriateness
Generalists and specialists agreeing redesigned elective care pathways including consultant to consultant referral protocols.
Video / Slides / Live Demo
Default to the regional or international version if care maps haven’t been localised.
Looking at the previous example of the Worcestershire Osteoporosis care map, they have localised by adding local information. The local info has an icon and a separate tab – (highlight the quick info, local info and the icon)– in this case they have added contact details for the different relevant specialities – geriatrics, rheumatology and endocrinology
Wirral have adapted the international care map – changing the flow and tweaking the quick information. Here they have requested that the FRAT falls risk assessment be completed and faxed to the community therapy and falls prevention service. This information is in the Quick info tab, and there is no ‘local info’ tab – but they could have one as well.
Worcester have written a new care map on persistent pain management. They have used the quick info tab, but used the local admin tab to add local information about the services available, eg in South Worcester the aims of the musculoskeletal integrated clinical assessment and treatment services.
For the same care map, Southampton have provided these four key messages.
Southampton have utilised the local formulary node – here giving first, second and third line recommendations for female urinary incontinence.
In the Exeter Basal cell carcinoma pathway they have added a photo of Nodular BCC into the history and examination node. Useful to have direct access to images that have been approved by specialist physicians, especially for Dermatology.
This Clinical genetics pathway from North Mersey includes a link to a questionnaire that should be printed out and given to the patient to complete before attending their outpatient appointment and a patient information leaflet
Adding administrative information to an international pathway, using the ‘local tab’. In this Dementia pathway, links have been inserted including this Alzheimer’s Society Advance decision form which can then be printed off and filled out with the patient.
You can link to youtube clips that have been recommended or endorsed by local specialists, eg this youtube screenshot to explain how to do the Epley manoeuvre for benign postural vertigo.