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[Advice on guidelines: planning for guideline development in the Netherlands]
Jannes J E van Everdingen1, Dunja H H Dreesens, Mariska K Tuut
1Regieraad Kwaliteit van Zorg, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Insights
A Dutch advisory board identified key diseases and care processes to improve healthcare guidelines. This initiative aims to enhance guideline uniformity, accessibility, and usefulness in daily medical practice.
Area of Science:
- Health policy
- Medical guideline development
- Quality improvement in healthcare
Context:
- Healthcare guideline development in the Netherlands currently lacks national coordination and shared responsibility.
- The 'Regieraad' (advisory board on guideline development) was established to address this gap.
- Existing guidelines and quality improvement instruments were inventoried.
Purpose:
- To facilitate the coordination of healthcare guideline development.
- To create a prioritized list of 100 important diseases and 25 important care processes.
- To promote uniformity and improve the accessibility and practical utility of guidelines.
Summary:
- The 'Regieraad' developed a prioritized list of key diseases and care processes based on established criteria.
- An inventory of existing guidelines and quality improvement tools was conducted.
- The board advocates for more uniform guidelines to enhance their practical application.
Impact:
- Provides a foundation for a long-term policy on healthcare guideline development and maintenance.
- Aims to improve the quality and consistency of healthcare delivery.
- Enhances the accessibility and usefulness of guidelines for healthcare professionals.
Abstract:
There is a lack of shared responsibility and national steering in guideline development. The 'Regieraad' (advisory board on guideline development, established by the Dutch Health Secretary) hopes to facilitate the coordination of guideline development. Therefore, the board developed a shortlist of the 100 most important diseases and 25 important care processes, based on several accepted criteria. An inventory of already available guidelines and other instruments for quality improvement was also made. The board thinks that guidelines should become more uniform to improve accessibility and usefulness for daily practice. The board encourages the availability of guidelines for the most important topics. With the information available a long-term policy for guideline development and maintenance can be determined.
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