Multidisciplinary guideline development team

Determination of Target Group and Establishment of a Multidisciplinary Guideline Development Team... 

Similarly, a multidisciplinary performance improvement team that included a pharmacist established a series of patient care protocols and tested the impact on the costs of care and outcome.Protocols were developed that eliminated many standing orders for laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, and chest x-ray films. Other protocols were directed toward the use of sedatives, analgesics, neuromuscular blocking agents, and ventilator weaning. The outcome and costs from a baseline evaluation of 72 patients were compared with 85 patients in the follow-up phase. Application of the guidelines reduced costs for laboratory tests by 65%, and the number of chest x-rays were reduced by 56%. The cost of neuromuscular block-... 

Additional information besides the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis is required before a comprehensive treatment plan can be developed. The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults offers a more comprehensive approach to patient assessment. It includes a full discussion of the domains needed for a thorough clinical evaluation, including chief complaint history of present illness past psychiatric history general medical history social, family, and occupational history physical and mental status examinations and diagnostic tests. It further describes issues of privacy, evaluations in the elderly, and techniques for working with multidisciplinary teams. ... 

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