Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The processes and costs of local guideline development: experiences from the Path.Finder NHS consortium

The processes and costs of local guideline development: experiences from the Path.Finder NHS... The Path.Finder NHS consortium consists of ten acute hospitals sharing a common approach to the production and dissemination of local information for primary care, including clinical practice guidelines. Ten local guidelines were studied across four clinical areas: dyspepsia, lipids, eczema, and menorrhagia. Local guideline developers largely appear to be unconvinced that investment of time and resources in “proper” guideline development is cost‐effective. At the same time, primary care professionals’ views about future NICE guidelines may have been coloured by their current much more variable experience. Successful implementation of local guidelines is unlikely to be straightforward. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Clinical Governance Emerald Publishing

The processes and costs of local guideline development: experiences from the Path.Finder NHS consortium

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/the-processes-and-costs-of-local-guideline-development-experiences-v54c0cEzfE

References (30)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1466-4100
DOI
10.1108/14664100110400688
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The Path.Finder NHS consortium consists of ten acute hospitals sharing a common approach to the production and dissemination of local information for primary care, including clinical practice guidelines. Ten local guidelines were studied across four clinical areas: dyspepsia, lipids, eczema, and menorrhagia. Local guideline developers largely appear to be unconvinced that investment of time and resources in “proper” guideline development is cost‐effective. At the same time, primary care professionals’ views about future NICE guidelines may have been coloured by their current much more variable experience. Successful implementation of local guidelines is unlikely to be straightforward.

Journal

British Journal of Clinical GovernanceEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 1, 2001

Keywords: Health Service; United Kingdom; Development

There are no references for this article.