Highlighting the need for de-implementation - Choosing Wisely recommendations based on clinical practice guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Choosing Wisely campaign has spread to many countries. Methods for developing recommendations are inconsistent. We describe our process of developing such recommendations from a comprehensive national set of clinical practice guidelines (Current Care, CC) and the results of a one-year Choosing Wisely Finland project.

Methods

Two of the authors drafted the quality and process criteria for all the Choosing Wisely Finland recommendations. The quality criteria were relevance, feasibility, evidence-based and strength. These were discussed in editors' meetings and subsequently revised. Two different processes for developing recommendations within national clinical practice guidelines were designed and piloted (processes A and B). Process A was based on a published g

SUBMITTER: Sipila R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6729023 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature