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Clinical Practice Guidelines Directions for a New Program (1990) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 85-86

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... The first step comes when the government or other sponsor of guidelines development begins to publicize the development of a new set of guidelines. Generally, this publicity involves enlisting the aid of other organizations such as medical specialty societies.
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From page 86...
... Dissemination of guidelines by PROs in the form of review criteria may be particularly helpful in focusing practitioner attention on the groups covered by the guidelines and on the exceptions. lathe PRO path of dissemination may, in turn, create an early feedback loop for updating the guidelines or criteria when important omissions are identified.
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  • review criteria
  • guidelines development
  • guidelines implementation
  • expert panels
  • developing guidelines

  • short run
  • delivery setting
  • specialty societies
  • medical specialty
  • previous guidelines

  • computer information
  • physician data
  • press release
  • practitioner attention
  • data query


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