title: [Using new media for online consensus conferences and open external review of guidelines - results of two pilot studies].
abstract: The development of guidelines almost always requires considerable time and financial resources. An important task is therefore to identify and evaluate online methods that facilitate guideline work. ONLINE CONSENSUS CONFERENCE: During the development of the S2k guideline for the management of staphylococcus aureus infections an online consensus conference was held using an online tool provided by the Deutsche Forschungsnetz in combination with a telephone conference. During the 2-hour meeting, no technical difficulties occurred. A survey among the participants showed that this format had a high rate of acceptance. ONLINE REVIEW: During the development of the update of the German S3-Guidelines for the therapy of psoriasis an external open review was performed. An online platform allowing direct visible commenting was chosen. During the five week period of commenting, 26 users added 160 comments. After the review process, the comments were assessed by the editors and the original authors. The selected instrument provides a suitable means for online commenting of guidelines and facilitates the revision of the text.
authors: Division of Evidence Based Medicine (dEBM), Klinik für Dermatologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. alexander.nast@charite.de
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Nast
authors: Stefanie
authors: S
authors: Rosumeck
authors: Birte
authors: B
authors: Sporbeck
authors: Berthold
authors: B
authors: Rzany
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026683:Advisory Committees; D002979:Climacteric; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D009862:Online Systems; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic