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Assessing guidelines for use in family practice.

W W Rosser1, D Davis, E Gilbart

  • 1Continuing Education, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, Suite 650, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7. erin.gilbart@utoronto.ca

The Journal of Family Practice
|November 17, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Practicing physicians struggle with over 1000 annual guidelines. The Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC) developed a strategy to assess, rank, and reformat guidelines for better clinical practice implementation and improved healthcare quality.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

  • The proliferation of over 1000 new clinical guidelines annually presents a significant challenge for practicing family physicians in determining their clinical utility.
  • Existing guidelines often lack user-friendliness, hindering their effective implementation in real-world clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the strategy developed by the Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC) to address the challenge of guideline overload and poor implementation.
  • To outline the GAC's approach to identifying, assessing, and disseminating high-quality, user-friendly clinical guidelines for healthcare providers in Ontario.

Main Methods:

  • The Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC) established a systematic process over three years.

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  • This process involved identifying key clinical topics, ranking published guidelines based on development quality, and reformatting selected guidelines for ease of clinical use.

    • Main Results:

    • The GAC has developed a comprehensive strategy to manage the influx of clinical guidelines.
    • The committee focuses on guideline quality assessment and user-centered reformatting to facilitate adoption.

    Conclusions:

    • The GAC's strategy aims to improve the quality and utilization of healthcare services by making evidence-based guidelines more accessible and actionable for physicians.
    • Ongoing efforts are focused on enhancing the dissemination of selected guidelines to further improve the quality of care delivered within the province.