The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines: a description of the methods for its development

Thomas Piggott; Miranda W. Langendam; Elena Parmelli; Jan Adolfsson; Elie A. Akl; David Armstrong; Jeffrey Braithwaite; Romina Brignardello-Petersen; Jan Brozek; Markus Follmann; Ina Kopp; Joerg J. Meerpohl; Luciana Neamtiu; Monika Nothacker; Amir Qaseem; Paolo Giorgi Rossi; Zuleika Saz-Parkinson; Philip J. van der Wees; Holger J. Schünemann

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002

The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines: a description of the methods for its development

Thomas Piggott, Miranda W. Langendam, Elena Parmelli, Jan Adolfsson, Elie A. Akl, David Armstrong, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Jan Brozek, Markus Follmann, Ina Kopp, Joerg J. Meerpohl, Luciana Neamtiu, Monika Nothacker, Amir Qaseem, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Philip J. van der Wees, Holger J. Schünemann^*

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Background and Objectives: Our objective was to develop an extension of the widely used GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist and Tool for the integration of quality assurance and improvement (QAI) schemes with guideline development. Methods: We used a mixed-methods approach incorporating evidence from a systematic review, an expert workshop and a survey of experts to iteratively create an extension of the checklist for QAI through three rounds of feedback. As a part of this process, we also refined criteria of a good guideline-based quality indicator. Results: We developed a 40-item checklist extension addressing steps for the integration of QAI into guideline development across the existing 18 topics and created one new topic specific to QAI. The steps span from ‘organization, budget, planning and training’, to updating of QAI and guideline implementation. Conclusion: The tool supports integration of QAI schemes with guideline development initiatives and it will be used in the forthcoming integrated European Commission Initiative on Colorectal Cancer. Future work should evaluate this extension and QAI items requiring additional support for guideline developers and links to QAI schemes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-203
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

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Keywords

Checklist
GIN-McMaster Checklist
GRADE
Guidelines
Health decision-making
Performance monitoring
Quality assurance
Quality improvement

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Piggott, T., Langendam, M. W., Parmelli, E., Adolfsson, J., Akl, E. A., Armstrong, D., Braithwaite, J., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Brozek, J., Follmann, M., Kopp, I., Meerpohl, J. J., Neamtiu, L., Nothacker, M., Qaseem, A., Rossi, P. G., Saz-Parkinson, Z., van der Wees, P. J., & Schünemann, H. J. (2023). The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines: a description of the methods for its development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 154, 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.002

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The GIN-McMaster guideline tool extension for the integration of quality improvement and quality assurance in guidelines: a description of the methods for its development. / Piggott, Thomas; Langendam, Miranda W.; Parmelli, Elena et al.
In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 154, 02.2023, p. 197-203.

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