A Trial of Benchmark Test of Clinical Paths Described in XML

Abstract

 In Japan, many hospitals have introduced Clinical Paths (CPs) to improve the patient care processes since CP is an effective tool for care management. How to practice into benchmark tests between CPs adopted in various hospitals is a very important issue. However, it is so difficult to carry out benchmark tests because there exists no standardized manner or rule to describe CP. To address this issue, we introduced a describing rule of prescription part of CPs in XML. Based on this describing rule, we developed a benchmark test system enables quantitative evaluations between plural numbers of hospitals in terms of pharmaceutical prices.