Implementing Guidelines One Patient at a Time.
Clinical practice guidelines are an important component of health care delivery. Although guidelines can be viewed negatively, as "cookbook medicine," many guidelines have improved care delivery. Work is needed to refine guidelines in real-world settings and to assure that they are patient-centered.
professor of pediatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina alex.kemper@duke.edu.
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Kemper
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement