title: The role of clinical practice guidelines in disease management.
abstract: This activity is designed for medical directors, pharmacy directors, quality assurance managers, and all members of disease management or quality improvement teams.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the guideline literature and help healthcare organizations plan guideline development and implementation strategies.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  1. Clarify the terminology used in practice policy development. 2. Explain how guideline implementation is related to disease management. 3. Discuss interventions utilized to enhance guideline adoption. 4. Provide a stepwise plan for healthcare organizations to follow.
authors.affiliation: TAP Holdings Inc, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA. james.henning@tappharma.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Henning
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019091:Critical Pathways; D019468:Disease Management; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006302:Health Services Research; D007857:Leadership; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States