TheEuropean Pathway Association is aEuropeannon-profit organisation which brings together researchers, managers and clinicians on the management concept ofclinical pathways. The organisation works on the establishment ofclinical care pathways in order to systematically plan and follow up a patient focusedcare program.
In 2003, at the conference of theInternational Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQUA) inDallas (United States), the idea of a European Pathway Association was suggested by Kris Vanhaecht of theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and Massimiliano Panella of theUniversity of Eastern Piedmont (Italy). On 16 and 17 September 2004, the EPA was founded at a meeting inJesi (Italy).