TEST BANK For Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care, 4th Edition by Amelie Hollier
what are clinical practice guidelines? - ANSWER:Statements that include
recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options
who may develop CPG? - ANSWER:government agencies, institutions, professional
society, managed care organizations, third-party payers, quality assurance organizations, governing boards, or expert panels
how many types of CPG? - ANSWER:4
what are the types of CPGs? - ANSWER:i. Evidence-based medicine (EBM)
ii. Informal consensus-based iii. Formal consensus-based iv. Mixture of EBM and consensus-based
what's EBM? - ANSWER:Rigorous systematic process involving review and critical
analysis of literature
what's informal consensus-based? - ANSWER:utilizes experts in the field;
questionable quality because based on opinions what's formal consensus-based? - ANSWER:utilizes experts in the field for evidence- based decision making; helpful when there is a paucity of literature. Still opinions
what's mixture of EMB and consensus-based? - ANSWER:utilizes combination of
methods to fill in gaps of therapy
what's the best type of CPG? - ANSWER:mixed
what's the worst type of CPG? - ANSWER:informal
T/F: EMB is better than formal CPG - ANSWER:true
why are practice guidelines needed? - ANSWER:a. Improve quality of health care.
Encourage appropriate use of therapies. Discourage inappropriate use of therapies.
- Provide direction for disease state treatment based upon available evidence.
- Reduce professional liability.
- Identify alternative treatments.
- Provide consistent treatment across environments.
- Decrease costs.
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