Title 10. DEVELOPING THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 4 4. OBTAIN OPINIONS FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD: • Opinions of experts should be used to interpret evidence and to derive recommendations in the absence of evidence. • Recommendations based solely on clinical judgment and experiences are likely to be more susceptible to bias and self-interest. Therefore, after deciding what role an expert opinion is to play, the next step is deciding how to collect and assess the expert opinion. 5. BEGIN THE INFORMATION FEEDBACK PROCESS: • Information feedback refers to the provision of health data information which may allow clinicians to compare their own practice with the practice of their colleagues or other hospitals. 6. COORDINATE RESOURCES TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF RESOURCES AND TIME: • Judgments about whether the costs of tests or treatments are reasonable depend on how cost effectiveness is defined and calculated, and on the resource constraints of the healthcare system. • Comparative studies conclude that internal guidelines are less likely to be scientifically valid because local groups require greater resources and lack the clinical, managerial and technical skills, needed to develop guidelines. • Therefore, the most attractive way for a local group to develop a guideline is to adapt published guidelines for local use. 7. ACCESS THE QUALITY, RELEVANCE, VARIABILITY AND STRENGTH OF THE INFORMATION: