Clinical practice guideline
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Clinical practice guidelines are defined as "Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery."[1]
Because of concerns about the quality and validity of some practice guidelines[2][3], standards have been developed in both their reporting[4][5] and assessment.[6]
References
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Clinical practice guidelines. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ↑ Shaneyfelt TM, Mayo-Smith MF, Rothwangl J (1999). "Are guidelines following guidelines? The methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in the peer-reviewed medical literature". JAMA 281 (20): 1900–5. PMID 10349893. [e]
- ↑ Grilli R, Magrini N, Penna A, Mura G, Liberati A (2000). "Practice guidelines developed by specialty societies: the need for a critical appraisal". Lancet 355 (9198): 103–6. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02171-6. PMID 10675167. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Shiffman RN, Shekelle P, Overhage JM, Slutsky J, Grimshaw J, Deshpande AM (2003). "Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization". Ann. Intern. Med. 139 (6): 493–8. PMID 13679327. [e]
- ↑ Hayward RS, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Rubin HR, Haynes RB (1993). "More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines". Ann. Intern. Med. 118 (9): 731–7. PMID 8460861. [e]
- ↑ (2003) "Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: the AGREE project". Quality & safety in health care 12 (1): 18–23. PMID 12571340. [e]
External links
- AGREE Collaboration - "Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation"