A Patient Is Admitted with Pneumonia

A patient is admitted with pneumonia. The case manager refers to a plan of care that specifically identifies dates when supplemental oxygen should be discontinued, positive-pressure ventilation with bronchodilators should be changed to self-administered inhalers, and antibiotics should be changed from intravenous to oral treatment, on the basis of assessment findings. This plan of care is referred to as a:

A) patient classification system.
B) clinical pathway.
C) patient-centered plan of care.
D) diagnosis-related group (DRG) .

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