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Reviewing clinical guideline development tools: features and characteristics.
Soudabeh Khodambashi1, Øystein Nytrø2
1Department of computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. soudabeh@idi.ntnu.no.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
|September 6, 2017
Summary
This study identified 19 clinical guideline development tools, revealing common features like collaboration and electronic publishing. Key functionalities such as version control and reference management are often missing, hindering efficient guideline authoring.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Medical Informatics
- Clinical Guideline Development
Background:
- Lack of specialized software hinders consistent clinical guideline (GL) development and publication.
- Few analyses exist on the functionality of GL development tools.
- Need for evaluation frameworks to assist developers in tool selection.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify available clinical guideline development tools.
- Review functionalities of selected tools.
- Uncover common feature themes.
- Compare tools based on identified themes.
Main Methods:
- Literature search (PubMed, Google Scholar) for GL development tools (GDT).
- Exploration of tools and Content Management Systems (CMS) in relevant organizations.
- Hands-on review of five representative GDT manuals and functionalities.
- Exclusion of tools for computer-interpretable GL design.
Main Results:
- Identified 19 unique GDTs from 1552 papers and 7 organizations.
- Uncovered 8 key feature themes.
- Common features include collaborative authoring, access control, repository management, and electronic publishing.
- GRADE methodology supported by 3 tools; MeSH annotation by 2.
- Missing features: progress monitoring, reference management, version control, change control.
Conclusions:
- Findings can foster discussion on essential tool functionalities.
- Aids developers in selecting and utilizing tools for efficient GL authoring.
Keywords:
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