Search results for "Guidelines"
ACP develops framework for considering economic evidence in clinical guidelines
The framework presents and explains the process that ACP's Clinical Guidelines Committee utilizes for incorporating economic evidence into clinical recommendations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/01/07/5.htm
7 Jan 2025
A better signal-to-noise ratio for guidelines
It takes about 15 years to broadly implement clinical guidelines into practice. Physicians and scientists are working to shorten this lag and strengthen the connection by examining how guidelines are developed, delivered, and adopted.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/06/guidelines.htm
1 Jun 2016
Principles issued for managing conflicts of interest during guideline development
Among other recommendations, guideline developers should make all possible efforts to not include members with direct financial or relevant indirect conflicts of interest.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/06/5.htm
6 Oct 2015
Expert panel offers 6 recommendations for managing unexplained chronic cough
Among other recommendations, in adult patients with unexplained chronic cough, a therapeutic trial of multimodality speech pathology therapy could be tried.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/06/4.htm
6 Oct 2015
Seeking common ground on CKD screening
ACP's 2013 guideline on screening, monitoring, and treatment of stage 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) raised an immediate response from leaders of the American Society of Nephrology, which felt the College missed the big picture of CKD prevention when developing the guideline. Learn where the two organizations agree and disagree about screening for CKD.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/ckdscreening.htm
1 Jul 2014
New recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of Bell's palsy
Recommendations on diagnosing and treating Bell's palsy were recently provided by a new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/12/6.htm
12 Nov 2013
Guidelines getting tougher on industry, but physicians are not
A survey of physicians found that respondents were comfortable with industry-sponsored lunches and other gifts, despite their institutions' prohibition against such practices. One physician discusses how to align medicine's ethical goals with physicians' attitudes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/industry.htm
1 Oct 2010
Guidelines on chest pain therapy; antidepressants ranked
Joint criteria offer a practical tool to help physicians choose between therapy and intervention for chest pain, and other news.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/news.htm
1 Mar 2009