Practice Question of the Week: Clinical Guidelines & Algorithms

Process of Knowledge Transformation

Evidence Based Medicine

• 1. Fundamentals
• 2. Clinical Decision Making and Care Process Improvement
  2.1 Clinical Decision Support2.2 Evidence-based Patient Care
  2.2.1 Evidence Sources2.2.2 Evidence Grading2.2.3 Clinical Guidelines2.2.3 Implementation of Guidelines as Clinical Algorithms2.2.5 Information Retrieval and Analysis2.3 Clinical Workflow Analysis, Process Redesign, and Quality Improvement
• 2.1 Clinical Decision Support
• 2.2 Evidence-based Patient Care
  2.2.1 Evidence Sources2.2.2 Evidence Grading2.2.3 Clinical Guidelines2.2.3 Implementation of Guidelines as Clinical Algorithms2.2.5 Information Retrieval and Analysis
• 2.2.1 Evidence Sources
• 2.2.2 Evidence Grading
• 2.2.3 Clinical Guidelines
• 2.2.3 Implementation of Guidelines as Clinical Algorithms
• 2.2.5 Information Retrieval and Analysis
• 2.3 Clinical Workflow Analysis, Process Redesign, and Quality Improvement
• 3. Health Information Systems
• 4. Leading and Managing Change

Question

best

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Answer and Explanation

Clinical Guideline Definitions

IOM

Wikipedia

Clinical Algorithm Definitions

Clinical algorithms in the treatment of status epilepticus in children

Wikipedia

Question Review

D. 

Algorithms are codified, guidelines are recommendations. 

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References and Resources

www.guideline.gov

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10870634?report=abstract

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=382921