Expert Commentary Archive
Updated Evidence and Safety Focus Keep Guidance on Laparoscopic Biliary Tract Surgery Current
By: Melinda Maggard Gibbons, MD, MSHS
Promoting Transparent and Actionable Clinical Practice Guidelines: Viewpoint from the National Guideline Clearinghouse/National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NGC/NQMC) Editorial Board
By: NGC/NQMC Editorial Board: Richard C. Hermann, MD, MS (co-chair), Paul G. Shekelle, MD, MPH, PhD (co-chair), Ethan Balk, MD, MPH, Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, Mark J. Monteforte, MD, Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc, and Robert Wachter, MD
Managing Numerous Outcomes: Experience from a Systematic Review of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Trials
By: David D. Rahn, MD, Ethan M. Balk, MD, MPH, Vivian Sung, MD, MPH, and Katrin Uhlig, MD, MS
Does More Add Up to Less? A Review of a Guideline on Whiplash Associated Disorders
By: Anthony J. Lisi, DC
Surmounting the Challenges of Measuring and Improving Quality in Ambulatory Care
By: David Nyweide, PhD
Focus on Accessibility Results in Improved Function and Content for NGC and NQMC
By: Elizabeth Willingham, Lisa T. Haskell, Vivian H. Coates, and Mary P. Nix
Recommendations for Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy Reflect Need for Further Research
By: Matthew Bidwell Goetz, MD
An Integrated Approach to Developing Health Care Guidelines and Measures
By: Cally Vinz, RN, Joann Foreman, RN, and Kathy Cummings, RN
Applying the GRADE Approach: Perspective from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
By: Denis Bélanger, B.Sc.Phm., ACPR
New Directions for Health Care Information Technology
By: William W. Stead, MD and Herbert S. Lin, PhD
Using GRADE for International Guidelines on Kidney Disease
By: Ethan M. Balk, MD, MPH and Katrin Uhlig, MD, MS
The Many Facets of Evidence: Commentary on the American Academy of Neurology's Evidence Classification Scheme
By: Jacqueline French, MD, FAAN
Commentary on the American College of Physicians' Clinical Practice Guidelines for Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders
By: Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH and Gerald Gartlehner, MD, MPH
On Quality Measurement, Babies, and Bathwater
By: Robert M. Wachter, MD
New Promise for Uniform Evidence-based Guideline Development: The GRADE Approach
By: Ned Calonge, MD, MPH
User Perspectives: An Overview of the Clearinghouse Survey Results
By: The National Guideline and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Management Team
Towards a Better Value Health System — The Role of NICE in the U.K. Health Care System
By: Rubin Minhas, MB ChB
Comparison of Multiple Sclerosis Guidelines Underscores Need for Collaboration
By: Michael G. Trisolini, PhD, MBA
Endocarditis Prophylaxis: Re-examining the Evidence
By: Michael W. Rich, MD
Can Guidelines Addressing Resource Allocation Improve Breast Health Outcome for Low and Middle Income Countries?
By: Benjamin O. Anderson, MD
A Guideline for Palliative and End of Life Care
By: Karl Lorenz, MD, MSHS
The American Heart Association's "Get With The Guidelines" Program: Key Findings and Lessons Learned
By: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Building a Better Guideline: Overcoming Challenges and Establishing Transparency
By: Sandra Zelman Lewis, PhD
Is the Measurement Mandate Diverting the Patient Safety Revolution?
By: Robert M. Wachter, MD
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. What's New? What's Different?
By: Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD
Eating Disorders: Newer Practice Guidelines Reinforce Severity of Conditions But Still Reflect Deficits in Knowledge Base
By: Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD, FAED and Nancy D. Berkman, PhD, MLIR
A Season for Change
By: NGC Editorial Staff
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