Clinical Pathway

The clinical pathway is focused on improving the quality and consistency of a woman’s journey from receiving an abnormal screening mammogram result (or finding a physically detectable breast problem) to initiating treatment.

The Clinical Pathway Project Team has now developed a recommended breast diagnostic clinical pathway designed to map out this journey. The goal is to ensure consistent, timely care for women throughout BC.

The pathway is based on a “hub and spoke” model, with health authorities (HAs) designating hospitals of their choice as breast imaging centres (hubs) to provide advanced imaging services and image-guided biopsies as needed. It’s important to note that is approach is already happening in BC - the pathway is designed to build on innovative models that already exist. After feedback from HA leaders and other stakeholders, the goal is to pilot the pathway in a small number of centres in 2012.

Please take a look at the recommended diagnostic Clinical Pathway. and Hub & Spoke model. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact PBHS project director Lynn Pelletier at lpelletier3@phsa.ca or e-mail pbhs@phsa.ca

Learn more about the clinical pathway

Read an article updating family physicians on progress made so far toward a recommended Clinical Pathway in the Winter 2011 newsletter of the Family Practice Oncology Network (page 10).

See Clinical Pathway presentation made by the team at the 2010 Provincial Breast Health Summit.

Read a summary of the Clinical Pathway discussion from participants at the 2010 Provincial Breast Health Summit.