Reporting standards for guideline-based performance measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) aims to promote high quality clinical guideline development and implementation. Guideline-based performance measures are a key implementation tool and are widely used internationally for quality improvement, quality assurance, and pay for performance in health care. There is, however, no international consensus on best methods for guideline-based performance measures. In order to address this issue, the G-I-N Performance Measures Working Group aimed to develop a set of consensus-based reporting standards for guideline-based performance measure development and re-evaluation.

Methods

Methodology publications on guideline-based performance measures were identified from a systematic literature review and analyzed. Core crit

SUBMITTER: Nothacker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4714427 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature