title: 2014 Update of the EULAR standardised operating procedures for EULAR-endorsed recommendations.
abstract: In this article, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) standardised operating procedures for the elaboration, evaluation, dissemination and implementation of recommendations endorsed by the EULAR standing committees published in 2004 have been updated. The various steps from the application to implementation have been described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Désirée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van der Heijde
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aletaha
authors.affiliation: Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-2551
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.affiliation: NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Tore K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kvien
authors.affiliation: EULAR Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kouloumas
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Independent Nurse Consultant, North Devon, UK.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: EULAR Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dougados
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012219:Rheumatology; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: Epidemiology; Outcomes research; Qualitative research