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Clinical practice guidelines

D B Hoyt1

  • 1Division of Trauma, UCSD Medical Center 92103-8896, USA.

American Journal of Surgery
|January 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary
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Clinical practice guidelines are essential for improving surgical care quality and reducing costs. Surgeons should actively lead guideline development, aligning with traditions of outcomes assessment for continuous improvement.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Practice and Policy
  • Surgical Quality Improvement

Background:

  • Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly influencing medical and surgical practice.
  • Federal agencies and medical payers endorse guidelines to standardize care, enhance quality, measure outcomes, and control costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To emphasize the importance of surgical community involvement in clinical practice guideline development.
  • To frame guideline development as a collaborative process rooted in scientific evidence and expert consensus, consistent with surgical traditions.

Main Methods:

  • The abstract discusses the role and endorsement of clinical practice guidelines by various stakeholders.
  • It highlights the alignment of guideline development with established surgical practices like outcomes assessment.

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Main Results:

  • Economic forces and the drive for quality assurance are propelling the development and adoption of practice guidelines.
  • The process of guideline development mirrors the goals of surgical outcomes assessment, such as the Morbidity and Mortality Conference.

Conclusions:

  • The surgical community should proactively participate in and lead the development of clinical practice guidelines.
  • Embracing guidelines is crucial for surgeons to collaboratively improve patient care and surgical outcomes through evidence-based consensus.