Using Evidence-based Care Paths

Oscar Wilde was quoted as saying, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” This was never more apparent to me than a few Mondays ago when I was paraded in front of a number of primary care doctors who questioned the use of “care paths” in urgent care medicine. The leader of the mob was a gentleman who was the patriarch of a local family practice clinic. The meeting opened this way. “I …

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