Abstract: Objective According to various problems of the current clinical pathway, this study discusses a method to measure the performance of the clinical pathway.Methods The earned value management technique is introduced into the clinical pathway, and the specific items of the 2 type diabetes patients are assigned to the EV, AC and PV of the earned value management.Result A comprehensive analysis of the earned value management of the performance indicators, the final recovery trend of the type 2 diabetic patients were predicted, can be discharged in advance of 1 days.Conclusion Using this method to monitor the implementation of clinical pathway, it can effectively evaluate the clinical effect of patients in clinical pathway and predict its development trend. And it has a very important reference function to improve the management level of clinical pathway.

Key words: clinical pathway, earned value technique, performance measurement