In 2000, the Centre for Health Services & Nursing Research, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, launched the Belgian—Dutch Clinical Pathway Network. This is a joint effort by both Belgian and Dutch hospitals to implement clinical pathways in the organisation of their practice. This article describes why the network was started, the core objectives and the organisation of the network.
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