PathworX: an informatics tool for quality improvement.

To optimize quality of care while conserving resources requires the right information and the right organizational processes. PathworX, a care management and documentation system developed at Vanderbilt, coordinates interdisciplinary care based on evidence-based best practices and provides information about the achievement of patient care goals as an indicator of quality. Using data about goal achievement and resource consumption in a process of continual quality improvement enables hospital units to reduce waste while improving patient outcomes.