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Guidelines for clinical practice : from development to use / Marilyn J. Field and Kathleen N. Lohr, editors ; Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Standards--United States.
- Medical care.
- Physician services utilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This report of an Institute of Medicine study presents a balanced view of guidelines--their strengths, their limitations, and how they can be more effectively used to benefit health care. It offers recommendations and a proposed framework for strengthening the development and use of guidelines, numerous illustrations of guidelines, a ready-to-use instrument for assessing the soundness of guidelines, and six case studies exploring issues involved in the day-to-day use of guidelines. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- ""Guidelines for Clinical Practice""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Guidelines for Clinical Practice""; ""Summary""; ""WHAT ARE PRACTICE GUIDELINES?""; ""WHY ARE POLICY MAKERS INTERESTED IN GUIDELINES?""; ""GENERAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT PRACTICE GUIDELINES ACTIVITIES""; ""What Are the Strong Points of Current Efforts?""; ""What Are the Limitations of Current Efforts?""; ""IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES""; ""Building a Compelling Case for Recommendations""; ""Procedural and Methodological Issues Needing Particular Attention""
- ""At the Interface Between Development and Use""""Local Adaptation of Guidelines""; ""Inconsistent Guidelines""; ""Formatting and Disseminating Guidelines""; ""Going Further? Defining Cost-Effective and Minimum Levels of Care""; ""Doing More? Guidelines for Informed Patient Decision making""; ""ENSURING THE USE OF GOOD GUIDELINES""; ""Quality Assurance and Improvement""; ""Cost Management""; ""Risk Management and Medical Liability""; ""Information and Decision Support Systems""; ""A CRITICAL NEED: MEANS TO ASSESS THE SOUNDNESS OF GUIDELINES""; ""Assessment Instrument""
- ""Assessment Organization""""RESEARCH AGENDA""; ""FINAL NOTE: GUIDELINES AND HEALTH CARE REFORM""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""PURPOSE OF THE REPORT""; ""WHAT ARE PRACTICE GUIDELINES?""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Desirable Attributes of Guidelines""; ""Elements of Analysis""; ""State of the Evidence""; ""Inconsistent or Conflicting Guidelines""; ""Types of Guidelines""; ""WHY ARE POLICY MAKERS INTERESTED IN GUIDELINES?""; ""WHO USES GUIDELINES AND FOR WHAT?""; ""BASIC PROPOSITIONS""; ""REPORT ORGANIZATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""2 Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines ""
- ""PLURALISM AND DIVERSITY IN GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT""""PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND RELATED ENTITIES""; ""How Are Professional Societies Involved?""; ""Why Are Professional Societies Involved?""; ""PUBLIC AGENCIES""; ""U.S. Public Health Service""; ""Food and Drug Administration""; ""National Institutes of Health""; ""Centers for Disease Control""; ""Agency for Health Care Policy and Research""; ""Other Public Agencies""; ""Health Care Financing Administration""; ""U.S. Preventive Services Task Force""; ""Congressional Office of Technology Assessment""
- ""PRIVATE RESEARCH, PAYER, PROVIDER, AND OTHER GROUPS""""COSTS OF GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Implementing Guidelines: Overview and Illustrative Cases ""; ""GUIDELINES AND THE REAL WORLD""; ""CASE STUDIES""; ""Case Study 1: Small Internal Medicine Practice""; ""Case Study 2: Managed Care Organization""; ""Case Study 3: Academic Medical Center Hospital""; ""Case Study 4: Community Hospital""; ""Case Study 5: Nursing Home and Hospice""; ""Case Study 6: Patient""; ""GENERAL ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTATION""; ""Factors Influencing the Effective Use of Guidelines""
- ""Strategies to Encourage Effective Use of Guidelines""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610203499
- 9781280203497
- 1280203498
- 9780309537940
- 0309537940
- 9780585030210
- 0585030219
- OCLC:
- 923266253
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