S92– Applying the Guideline Elements Model (GEM) Cutter II Tool to guidelines represented in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (www.guideline.gov)

Conflict of Interest Disclosures for Clinical Practice Guidelines in the National Guideline Clearinghouse

BACKGROUND Conflict of interest (COI) is an important potential source of bias in the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and high rates of COI among guideline authors have been reported in the past. Our objective was to report current rates of disclosure and specific author COI across a broad range of CPGs and to examine whether CPG characteristics were associated with the prese...

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...

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An Approach to Guideline Implementation with GEM

Implementation of practice guidelines refers to the creation of strategies and systems to operationalize the knowledge and recommendations set forth by guideline developers. We describe an approach to guideline implementation that makes direct use of the guideline document as a knowledge base. The Guideline Elements Model (GEM) provides an XML-based guideline document model that facilitates imp...

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