In the Netherlands many institutes, associations and professional organisations are active in
the development of guidelines for clinical practice. In 1997, the Dutch Cochrane Centre and …

Following a recommendation of the National Advisory Council for the Concerted Action in
Health Care, the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) have promoted …

Evidence-based clinical guidelines use summaries of critically appraised, current evidence
to provide readily available recommendations for clinical decision-making. When clinicians …

Background The use of comprehensive instruments for guideline appraisal is time-
consuming and requires highly qualified personnel. Since practicing physicians are …

Keywords: clinical practice guideline; cross-sectional analysis; guideline protocol EN clinical
practice guideline cross-sectional analysis guideline protocol 3 9 7 04/05/23 20230301 NES …

The term evidence-based implies that it is supported by data from randomised controlled
trials (RCTs). RCTs, if conducted and reported correctly, are accepted as the best way to …

This article describes the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and
Evaluation (GRADE) approach to classifying the direction and strength of recommendations …

Evaluation of Guideline Quality Using GEM-Q Page 1 MEDINFO) 2001 V. Patel et al. (Eds)
Amsterdam: IOS Press Ç 2001 IMIA. All rights reserved Evaluation of Guideline Quality Using …

This chapter examines ongoing challenges surrounding the current clinical practice
guideline (CPG) development process that diminish the quality and trustworthiness of …

Guidelines are meant to be decision aids with precise procedural recommendations that are
based upon the best knowledge available and thus should contribute to improving …