title: [Method report 2007 of the Programme for National Disease Management Guidelines--background and content].
abstract: The Programme for National Disease Management Guidelines (German DM-CPG Programme) was established in 2002 by the German Medical Association (umbrella organisation of the German Chambers of Physicians) and joined by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF)--umbrella organisation of more than 150 professional societies--and by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP) in 2003. The programme provides a conceptual basis for disease management, focussing on high priority healthcare topics and aiming at the implementation of best practice recommendations for prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and chronic care. It is organised by the German Agency for Quality in Medicine, a founding member of the Guidelines International Network G-I-N. The main objective of the German DM-CPG Programme is to establish consensus among the medical professions on evidence-based key recommendations covering all sectors of healthcare provision and facilitating the coordination of care for the individual patient through time and across interfaces. Within the last year DM-CPGs have been published for asthma, COPD, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. In addition, experts from national patient self-help groups have been developing patient guidance based upon the recommendations for healthcare providers. The article describes background, methods and tools of the DM-CPG programme using the DM-CPG Method Report 2007.
authors.affiliation: Arztliches Zentrum für Qualitit in der Medizin, Berlin.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinbrenner
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lelgemann
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ollenschäger
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kleudgen
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niederstadt
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thole
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sänger
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zorn
authors.forename: Hans-Konrad
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Selbmann
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical