CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES

Question 1

Informatics can provide strategies that support the access, communication, and evaluation of clinical guidelines through the three functions identified by Benson1:

Answer 1

knowledge browsing
messaging
counting

Question 2

are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances.” (Institute of Medicine, 1990)

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clinical practice guidelines

Question 3

systematically developed statements to assist practitioners and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific circumstances”.

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clinical practice guidelines

Question 4

provide evidence-based recommendations for healthcare providers about care of patients with specific diseases or conditions (Shekelle, 2018)

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clinical practice guidelines

Question 5

are designed to support the decision-making processes in patient care. The content of a guideline is based on a systematic review of clinical evidence - the main source for evidence-based care

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clinical practice guidelines

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purposes of guidelines

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• reduce inappropriate variation
• provide more rational basis for referral
• focus for continuing education
• efficient use of resources
• focus for quality control
• highlight shortcoming of literature

Question 7

encode evidence-based recommendations for and can automatically generate recommendations about what medical procedures to perform tailored for an individual patient.

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computerized guidelines

Question 8

benefits of computerized guidelines

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• offer readily accessible reference
• help reveal errors
  -improve clarity of a guideline
• better descriptions of pt states
• propose timely, pt-specific decision support and reminders

Question 9

a periodical publication which is published in electronic format, usually on the Internet.

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electric journal

Question 10

e-journals offer:

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interactive environment
rapid dissemination
access to large data sets
ability to manipulate data

Question 11

advantages of e-journals

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• search the contents
• read articles on desktop
• email articles to yourself OR download
• article is always available
• hypertext links
• more images and audio-visuals
• interactive, email the author/editor

Question 12

challenges of e-journals

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• how to inform users of the features
• how to relate these journals to other sources
• how to give users info they need
• how to make it time-saving