practice guideline

Preferred Label : practice guideline;

MeSH definition : Work consisting of a set of directions or principles to assist the health care practitioner with patient care decisions about appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, or other clinical procedures for specific clinical circumstances. Practice guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, organizations such as professional societies or governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. They can provide a foundation for assessing and evaluating the quality and effectiveness of health care in terms of measuring improved health, reduction of variation in services or procedures performed, and reduction of variation in outcomes of health care delivered.;

CISMeF synonym : clinical practice guidelines (CPGs);

MeSH annotation : this heading is used as a Publication Type; for original specific guidelines related to healthcare; a different heading PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC is used for general design, methodology, economics, etc of practice guidelines;

Details

Origin ID

D017065;

UMLS CUI

C0936005;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Clinical Practice Guidelines [NCIt concept]
- Guideline [ICNP mean]
- clinical practice guideline [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- guideline [Q-code]
- guideline [CISMeF resources Type]
- guidelines [CISMeF resources Type]
- practical guidelines [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- practice guideline [CISMeF resources Type]
- recommendations for good practice [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- clinical practice guideline [MeSH concept]
- practice guideline [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]

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