Experimental application of Business Process Management technology to manage clinical pathways: a pediatric kidney transplantation follow up case.

Background: To test the application of Business Process Management technology to manage clinical pathways, using a pediatric kidney transplantation as case study, and to identify the benefits obtained from using this technology.

Methods: Using a Business Process Management platform, we implemented a specific application to manage the clinical pathway of pediatric patients, and monitored the activities of the coordinator in charge of the case management during a 6-month period (from June 2015 to November 2015) using two methodologies: the traditional procedure and the one under study.

Results: The application helped physicians and nurses to optimize the amount of time and resources devoted to management purposes.