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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
PROGUIDE | |
| Promoting the development, dissemination, and evaluation of guidelines of clinical practice |
| Project Nr: | HC 4019 | Group: | Project Duration: 24 months |
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| Mission: | By using guidelines for clinical practice it is hoped to increase the quality and cost-efficiency of medical care. This project aims at enhancing and ensuring the Union-wide availability of guideline information to users, healthcare agencies, developers and implementors. Information will be compiled on institutions responsible for healthcare in the EU Member States, on major quality management programmes as well as on projects concerning guidelines. Based on this account and on existing implementation approaches, scenarios for putting computer-based guidelines into practice will be made, and their feasibility scrutinised in collaboration with the relevant institutions of all participating countries | ||
| URL: | aim.unipv.it/projects/proguide/ | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| IOS Press | Amsterdam, 1013 CN | Netherlands | NL32 |
| Burda Verlag | München 81925 | Germany | DE21 |
| CNR | Roma, 00137 | Italy | IT6 |
| Campus Biomedico | Roma, 00155 | Italy | IT6 |
| Consorzio di Bioingegneria e Informatica Medica | Pavia 27100 | Italy | IT2 |
| Imperial Cancer Research Fund | London, WC2A 3PX | United Kingdom | UK55 |
| Institut Bergonié | Bordeaux, 33076 | France | FR61 |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | Rotterdam 3000 DR | Netherlands | NL33 |
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By use of guidelines for clinical practice, it is hoped to increase quality and cost-efficiency of medical care. This proposal aims at enhancing and ensuring the Union-wide availability of guideline-relevant information to users, health care agencies, developers and implementors.
Information on institutions responsible for health care in the EU-member states, on major quality management programmes as well as on projects concerning guidelines will be compiled. Based on this account and existing implementation approaches, scenarios for putting computer-based guidelines into practice will be made and their feasibility scrutinised in collaboration with the relevant institutions of all participating countries. Given the diversity of the health care systems in the EU member states these scenarios will focus on organisational and structural aspects of guideline development and implementation. Of major concern are aspects of validation, quality control, approval by authoritative bodies, financing. and education. This effort is directed to establish an infrastructure for implementing computer-based guidelines for a cost-efficient health care at better quality. ProGuide is a first step into this direction and will show how the different components will be supported by an infrastructure which includes besides technical aspects the financing of this kernel of guideline development on an interdisciplinary way. The project will widely use electronic media for this purpose and establish a network between users, health care agencies and authorities, medical professionals’ organisations and developers of telematic products. Results will in this network be distributed via a WWW server which will be integrated into an existing on-line service for physicians and enable feedback by the users. Beside this conferences and paper based reports will form and document the activities.
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Users involved Users of guidelines, health care agencies, developers of guidelines and of health telematic products, publishers and on-line service providers. Technologies and/or approach used The state of the art in development and implementation as well as the scenarios are accessed by surveys and working conferences. The results are disseminated through books, an Internet WWW server and through an health on-line service. Expected benefits for the citizen Delivery of health care will be more consistent with current professional knowledge, and its provision less costly in the long run. Expected benefits for the users of the application An infrastructure for developing, implementing and accessing guidelines effectively and efficiently in Europe. Expected benefits for the European Industries Widespread availability of information concerning guideline development and implementation will strengthen of the European market and open new market possibilities. Contribution to EU-policies A European wide infrastructure bridging the gap between users, developers and payers of guidelines development and dissemination. Even small countries which otherwise could not engage in this process are able to participate. |
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