Guideline Clearinghouse
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About Guidelines |
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Allied Health Guidelines |
The iCAHE Guideline Clearinghouse is a resource for Allied Health
focused Clinical Guidelines.
What is a Clinical Guideline?
- Clinical Guidelines bring together the best available research evidence
- They help guide clinicians in providing standardised care for patients
- They provide benchmarks for best-practice.
- They may be applicable to a number of allied health disciplines.
For more information on guidelines look at Prof Karen Grimmer-Somers' presentation (PDF 978KB)
What does a Clinical Guideline look like?
- Clinical Guideline documents usually contain numerous recommendations.
- These recommendations relate to specific elements of care for a particular clinical condition.
- Recommendations are linked to underlying research evidence.
How do I know if a Clinical Guideline is of good quality?
- The quality of Clinical Guidelines is dependant on their currency and the rigor with which they have been developed.
- High quality guidelines are developed using evidence-based methodologies such as those recommended by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
- The iCAHE guideline checklist can provide clinicians with a quick way of appraising the quality of a clinical guideline. It consists of 14 questions and can be used either as a checklist or a total score.
- Download a copy of the iCAHE Guideline Checklist (PDF-214KB).
- A good clinical guideline should recommend the most appropriate method to implement its recommendations. For information on evidence implementation, visit Dr. Saravana Kumar's website which is dedicated to the implementation of clinical guidelines: Implementation Central.
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