Guideline Adherence - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Clinical supervision in treatment transport: effects on adherence and outcomes.

30 May 2009 This nonexperimental study used mixed-effects regression models to examine relations among supervisor adherence to a clinical supervision protocol, therapist adherence, and changes in the behavior and functioning of youths with serious antisocial ... Read more...

The payoff time: a flexible framework to help clinicians decide when patients with comorbid disease are not likely to benefit from practice guidelines.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Practice guidelines rarely consider comorbid illness, and resulting overuse of health services may increase costs without conferring benefit. OBJECTIVE: To individualize a framework for inferring when patients with comorbid illness are ... Read more...

Results of the feasibility test of the Practical Approach to Lung Health in the Syrian Arab Republic.

29 Apr 2009 We assessed implementation of the Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) in primary care facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic and its short-term impact on respiratory care in patients aged 5+ years. After training on PAL for 76 general ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Guideline Adherence - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Recovery audit contractors: Mississippi physicians and Medicare audits. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical supervision in treatment transport: effects on adherence and outcomes. 30 May 2009
• The payoff time: a flexible framework to help clinicians decide when patients with comorbid disease are not likely to benefit from practice guidelines. 30 May 2009
• Results of the feasibility test of the Practical Approach to Lung Health in the Syrian Arab Republic. 29 Apr 2009
• International standards for risk management in nanotechnology. 30 Mar 2009
• Clinical practice guidelines. 30 Mar 2009
• Meeting the FTC's red flag requirements. 30 Jan 2009
• Nursing involvement improves compliance with tight blood glucose control in the trauma ICU: a prospective observational study. 6 Jan 2009
• Working together to decrease neonatal complications. 30 Dec 2008
• Assessing the appropriate use of metformin in an inpatient setting and the effectiveness of two pharmacy-based measures to improve guideline adherence. 30 Dec 2008
• Verifying patient identity and site of surgery: improving compliance with protocol by audit and feedback. 29 Nov 2008
• Management of neuropathic cancer pain following WHO analgesic ladder: a prospective study. 29 Nov 2008
• Competent human research personnel. 29 Nov 2008
• Evaluation of musculoskeletal pain management practices in rural nursing homes compared with evidence-based criteria. 5 Nov 2008
• The cycle of change: implementing best-evidence clinical practice. 4 Nov 2008
• The US must help set international standards for nanotechnology. 30 Oct 2008
• Hardwiring a process for antibiotics. 30 Oct 2008
• Integrating risk management into the CAPA process. 30 Oct 2008
• Developing a wound care compliance program (part 2). 30 Oct 2008
• Increasing hand hygiene compliance: a mystery? 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Guideline Adherence'

Definition: Conformity in fulfilling or following official, recognized, or institutional requirements, guidelines, recommendations, protocols, pathways, or other standards.

Descriptor UI: D019983

Alternative terms: Guideline Adherence; Adherence, Guideline; Policy Compliance; Compliance, Policy; Protocol Compliance; Compliance, Protocol; Institutional Adherence; Adherence, Institutional;

Related Mesh Headings: Advance Directive Adherence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.761.337; N05.715.360.395;

History Note: 98

Technical Notes: by organization, health facility or facility personnel; coord with GUIDELINES AS TOPIC or PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC if pertinent; for patient adherence to guidelines of care use PATIENT COMPLIANCE