The patient, clinician and healthcare perspectives in evaluating care pathways for stable chest pain.

Kwok, Chun Shing; Duckett, Simon; Satchithananda, Duwarakan; Potluri, Rahul; Morgan-Smith, Dot; Bellenger, Nick; Gunning, Mark; Mallen, Christian D.

doi:10.1097/HPC.0000000000000261

The patient, clinician and healthcare perspectives in evaluating care pathways for stable chest pain.

Kwok, Chun Shing; Duckett, Simon; Satchithananda, Duwarakan; Potluri, Rahul; Morgan-Smith, Dot; Bellenger, Nick; Gunning, Mark; Mallen, Christian D.

Authors

Chun Shing Kwok

Simon Duckett

Duwarakan Satchithananda

Rahul Potluri

Dot Morgan-Smith

Nick Bellenger

Mark Gunning

Christian Mallen c.d.mallen@keele.ac.uk

Abstract

Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to present to healthcare professionals. One of the main challenges with the management of chest pain is the wide differential diagnosis, ranging from minor chest trauma to potentially life threatening acute myocardial infarction. In a patient-centered health service pathway, the aim is to assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients in the safest and most accurate, time and cost-efficient manner. This report describes the concept of clinical pathways and their importance. It iterates different perspectives of the investigation of chest pain and the barriers to understanding the clinical sequence of events. By considering the patient, clinician and healthcare service perspective it is possible to critically evaluate the current stable chest pain pathway. This exercise gives consideration into the way in which patient care could be improved.

Citation

Kwok, C. S., Duckett, S., Satchithananda, D., Potluri, R., Morgan-Smith, D., Bellenger, N., Gunning, M., & Mallen, C. D. (2021). The patient, clinician and healthcare perspectives in evaluating care pathways for stable chest pain. Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 20(3), 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000261

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 22, 2021
Online Publication Date	Apr 22, 2021
Publication Date	Apr 22, 2021
Journal	Critical Pathways in Cardiology
Print ISSN	1535-282X
Electronic ISSN	1535-2811
Publisher	Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Volume	20
Issue	3
Pages	143-148
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000261
Keywords	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Public URL	https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420211
Publisher URL	https://journals.lww.com/critpathcardio/Abstract/9000/The_patient,_clinician_and_healthcare_perspectives.99927.aspx