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DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2010-04-RA-0027
An internet portal for the development of clinical practice guidelines
Publication History
received:
17 May 2010
accepted:
31 October 2010
Publication Date:
16 December 2017 (online)
Summary
Background: The complexity and quality requirements for the development of clinical practice guidelines steadily increase. Internet technologies support this process by optimizing the development process.
Objective: The aim of this internet based solution was to facilitate the development of clinical practice guidelines.
Methods: An internet portal was developed allowing for a shared workplace to support clinical practice guideline authoring. It is based on a Content Management System and combines different tools for document handling and editing, communication as well as process and team steering.
Results: Until now, the internet portal has been successfully implicated in the development of six evidence- and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines. Additional German and European clinical practice guidelines are currently generated with support of the internet portal. The available tools allow for a flexible design of the scheduled workflow, depending on the requirements of the respective group. An additional strength of the platform is the advantage to transfer all data from a previous version of a guideline into the next ‘life-cycle‘.
Conclusion: The application of the portal results in a considerable reduction of costs and development time of the resulting clinical practice guidelines.