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New York Academy of Medicine hosts Guidelines International Network North America Conference March 2-3, 2015

By Peg Ford posted 01-17-2015 10:11 AM

  

New York Academy of Medicine Hosts Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N/NA) Conference March 2-3, 2015

 

Guidelines International Network North America and its organizational secretariat, the Section on Evidence Based Health Care (SEBHJC) of the New York Academy of Medicine, will hold a ground breaking conference March 2-3, 2015.  “Evidence-based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders (E-GAPPS II)”   will feature experienced guideline developers, guideline implementers, consumers and patient advocates. It will center on issues relevant to implementation of clinical guidelines.  Engagement of consumers and patients and addressing the patient perspective will constitute a sub-theme pervading the 2 day event.  The conference design will maximize interaction, networking and sharing of perspectives.

 

E-GAPPS II will be the second conference sponsored by G-I-N North America and hosted by the SEBHC as the organizational secretariat.  The first took place in December of 2012, the proceedings of which are available at http://tinyurl.com/bga557t .  The first E-GAPPS conference explored perspectives across a broad range of stakeholders in the guideline enterprise, from public and private policy makers through developers, methodologists, implementation experts and consumers.  E-GAPPS II will focus on implementation. Day 1 will concentrate on aspects of guideline development that impact on adoption and successful implementation.  These include the challenges of collaboration across independent guideline efforts, engagement of patients and consumers in the guideline development process, and issues related to the perception of trustworthiness, including conflicts of interest and compliance with the Institute of Medicine standards. Day 2 will address issues intrinsic to the implementation process itself.  These will include the choice between adoption versus adaptation of externally developed guidelines, matters of delivery of recommended care to individual patients, such as shared decision making, and effective use of information technology to facilitate wise patient and practitioner choices. Breakout sessions connected to each of four themes across the two days will maximize participant-panelist interaction.

 

Full information, including links to registration, are available at:  http://goo.gl/ZqCuc5   

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