An exploration of the organizational performance of a care pathway applied to ambulatory surgery: a systems approach
Céline Mestres, Virginie Gardette, Béatrice Vincent · 2026
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Céline Mestres and two colleagues watched how same-day surgery paths truly run in France. They studied nine health sites, public and private. Their 2026 study aimed to build a fairer way of judging running quality. They watched the full hospital stay from three angles. Those were the site itself, the patients moving through it, and staff practice.
Coding the notes produced five quality strands. They cover patient flow, working conditions, and staff-patient talk. They also cover health outcomes and patient experience. No measured item fed only one strand. Three levers cut across all of them. Those were the staff-patient bond, path organisation, and the facts given to patients. The authors offer the scheme as a base for judging tools. Hospitals and regulators could both use them.
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| CREATOR | Céline Mestres, Virginie Gardette, Béatrice Vincent |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53523 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |