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Clinical guideline; Evidence-based guidelines; Individualized guidelines; Medical guideline; Practice guidelines; Practice parameters
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) revised its original definition of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in 2011. According to this new definition, CPGs are “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.” Systematic review of evidence was defined as “a scientific investigation that focuses on a specific question and uses explicit, prespecified scientific methods to identify, select, assess, and summarize the findings of similar but separate studies.” This two-part definition emphasizes the importance of (1) a thorough systemic research review carefully scrutinizing the strength of the evidence to then (2) us this evidence to device highly specific recommendations that, among other...
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Sánchez, O., Brownlee-Duffeck, M. (2018). Clinical Practice Guidelines. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_2066
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