Differentiating standardized clinical assessment and management plans from clinical practice guidelines

Michael Farias1, Kevin G Friedman, James E Lock

  • 1Pediatric cardiology fellow, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Staff cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Cardiologist-in-chief and professor of pediatrics, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Associate cardiologist-in-chief and professor of pediatrics, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Staff cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Rahul.Rathod@childrens.harvard.edu.

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