Care Guidelines – Healthy Skeptic

Jan 24 2014

A JAMA Viewpoint discusses use of guidelines by physicians, opining that guideline adherence is still spotty, costing the system billions and lowering quality, and recommending methods to improve both guidelines and use of them.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1787420

Jun 26 2013

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A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that about half of care guidelines were developed with some consideration of cost impacts.

May 09 2013

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Only about half of medical societies that prepare care guidelines consider costs and those that do, don’t always use a rigorous method. This may not be a problem if you think the focus should be quality first.