Guideline Quality and Guideline Content: Are They Related?

Guideline quality and guideline content: are they related?

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) challenges clinicians and laboratory professionals to make rational decisions in healthcare. Clinical practice guidelines embody the principles of EBM in making options and choices explicit, considering the scientific evidence and resources available (1 ). The evidence is often limited or controversial, however, and resources differ among countries and regions. The...

British Thoracic Society community acquired pneumonia guideline and the NICE pneumonia guideline: how they fit together

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the management of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) published in 2009 was compared with the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Pneumonia Guideline. Of the 36 BTS recommendations that overlapped with NICE recommendations, no major differences were found in 31, including those covering key aspects of CAP mana...

Online advertising and marketing claims by providers of proton beam therapy: are they guideline-based?

BACKGROUND Cancer patients frequently search the Internet for treatment options, and hospital websites are seen as reliable sources of knowledge. Guidelines support the use of proton radiotherapy in specific disease sites or on clinical trials. This study aims to evaluate direct-to-consumer advertising content and claims made by proton therapy centre (PTC) websites worldwide. METHODS Operatio...

A preliminary evaluation of guideline content mark-up using GEM-an XML guideline elements model

OBJECTIVE To describe application of GEM to analysis and categorization of guideline content. METHOD We examined the application of GEM constructs to the AAP guideline on neurodiagnostic evaluation of febrile seizures. Subjects at 4 sites marked-up the guideline content using a hierarchical template that includes branches for identity, developer, purpose, intended audience, method of developm...

Guideline on Influenza vaccines – Quality module