Optimising Indian healthcare delivery with standard treatment workflows

IF 2.3 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI:10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101732

Ashoo Grover , Jerin Jose Cherian , Saumya Srivastava Aggarwal , Deepika Pandhi , Umesh Devappa Suranagi , Anjali Bajaj , Nikhil Tandon , Sudha Chandrashekar , Roderico Ofrin , Ashok Deorari , Atul Goel

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Abstract

Background

Standard treatment workflows (STWs) indeed play a crucial role in enhancing healthcare delivery by providing structured guidelines for managing prevalent diseases. These guidelines are particularly beneficial in primary and secondary healthcare settings, where they help standardize treatment protocols, streamline referrals, and ultimately improve healthcare efficiency.

Methods

Indian Council of Medical Research, in collaboration with the National Health Authority and the World Health Organisation India country office developed the STWs. The broad medical specialities were identified and speciality expert groups each of 5–12 experienced members led by an eminent chairperson were constituted. Priority disease conditions were identified and the speciality experts deliberated on the evidence available for various recommendations and developed the content for the STW. These were then converted to a one-pager infographic. The draft STWs were reviewed by relevant experts for internal and external validation of content.

Results

125 STWs in 23 specialties have been developed.

Conclusion

STWs are one-page summaries of clinical guidelines designed to improve healthcare delivery in India. Training healthcare profesionals and collaboration with medical bodies are crucial for successful implementation. This can ensure standardized, evidence-based care throughout India's healthcare system.

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利用标准治疗工作流程优化印度医疗服务

背景标准治疗工作流程（STW）通过提供管理流行疾病的结构化指南，在加强医疗保健服务方面确实发挥着至关重要的作用。这些指南对初级和二级医疗机构尤其有益，有助于规范治疗方案、简化转诊流程并最终提高医疗效率。方法印度医学研究委员会与国家卫生局和世界卫生组织印度国家办事处合作开发了标准治疗工作流程。确定了广泛的医学专科，并成立了专科专家小组，每个小组由 5-12 名经验丰富的成员组成，并由一名知名主席领导。确定了重点疾病条件，专科专家对各种建议的现有证据进行了讨论，并制定了 STW 的内容。然后，这些内容被转换成单页信息图表。相关专家对 STW 草案进行了审查，以对其内容进行内部和外部验证。结论 STW 是临床指南的单页摘要，旨在改善印度的医疗服务。培训医疗保健专业人员并与医疗机构合作是成功实施的关键。这可以确保印度整个医疗保健系统采用标准化的循证医疗服务。

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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

218

审稿时长

66 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.