Guidelines for clinical practice [[electronic resource] ] : 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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/021873
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - Standards - United States; Physician services utilization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane) LohrKathleen N. <1941->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Guidelines for clinical practice
• ISBN: 1-280-20349-8; 9786610203499; 0-309-53794-0; 0-585-03021-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456250003321
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