Integrating Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement With Guidelines: Systematic Stakeholder-Driven Development of an Extension of the Guidelines International Network-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist
Ann Intern Med. 2022 May;175(5):735-739.
doi: 10.7326/M21-3977.
Epub 2022 Mar 1.
1 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (T.P., R.B., J.B.).
2 Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.W.L.).
3 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy (E.P., L.N., Z.S.).
4 Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (J.A.).
5 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (E.A.A.).
6 Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (D.A.).
7 Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (J.B.).
8 German Cancer Society, Berlin, Germany (M.F.).
9 Institute for Medical Knowledge Management, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany (I.K., M.N.).
10 Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, and Cochrane Germany, Cochrane Germany Foundation, Freiburg, Germany (J.J.M.).
11 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.Q.).
12 Epidemiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy (P.G.R.).
13 Radboud University Medical Center, Department of IQ Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (P.J.V.).
14 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, and Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy (H.J.S.).