title: Important information about clinical practice guidelines: key tools for improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
authors.forename: Bernadette Mazurek
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Melnyk
mesh_terms: D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States