Clinical practice guidelines in Germany, 1994 to 2004. From guideline methodology towards guideline implementation

The role of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) as a tool for continuous medical education (CME), and quality management in health care is now widely accepted in Germany. Since the 90ies, the physicians' professional associations as well as health care authorities and parliament have been introd...

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Published inZeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und Qualitätssicherung Vol. 99; no. 1; p. 7
Main Authors Ollenschläger, Gunter, Thomeczek, Christian, Thalau, Frank, Heymans, Lothar, Thole, Henning, Trapp, Henrike, Sänger, Sylvia, Lelgemann, Monika
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.02.2005
Subjects
Education, Medical, Continuing
Germany
Medical Audit
Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards
Societies, Medical
Germany
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Summary:The role of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) as a tool for continuous medical education (CME), and quality management in health care is now widely accepted in Germany. Since the 90ies, the physicians' professional associations as well as health care authorities and parliament have been introducing several incentives and regulations in order to promote the use of evidence based CPG. In the past German CPG agencies have been focussing their work on developing and optimising methodological CPG standards. Future CPG activities should address much more other key factors for the success of CPGs, such as medical relevance, practicability, effective dissemination, and implementation. The article describes the process of guideline adaptation by regional physician audit groups as a tool for CPG implementation.
ISSN:1431-7621