What role do clinical guidelines play in quality of care?

15 March 2022 12:00 – 13:00 CET

 


2/3 Quality of Health Care Spotlight Series

Tuesday 15 March 2022, 12:00-13:00 CET

Clinical guidelines are evidence-informed recommendations intended to optimize patient care. A valid guideline has the potential to influence care outcomes, but for that it needs to be effectively disseminated and implemented so it can inform care processes.

If developed and implemented according to international standards, clinical guidelines have the potential to improve quality of care by assessing the benefits and harms of alternative care options and reducing unwarranted practice variations.

What are the opportunities and challenges in developing clinical guidelines in Europe? Is there potential for more collaboration? What role have clinical guidelines played in the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the key lessons to be learned? Join us to find out!

Keynote:

Corinna Schäfer, Medical Centre for Quality in Medicine, Germany (ÄZQ)

Speakers:

Sophie Blanchard, Haute Autorité de santé (HAS), France

Gian Paolo Morgano, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Healthcare Quality Group  

Per Olav Vandvik, MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation

Moderators:

Dimitra Panteli & Erica Richardson, European Observatory on health Systems and Policies

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This is one of the three webinars of the Quality of Health Care spotlight series. This spotlight series consists of three webinars covering different quality strategies:

- health technology assessment (HTA);
- developing and implementing clinical guidelines; and
- using financial incentives in paying for quality (P4Q).

We investigate key policy questions associated with quality of care, bringing together evidence from research and country experiences. We review the potential challenges and opportunities of these quality strategies and consider how they are influenced by their unique settings.

We also explore the role of cross-country collaboration in HTA systems, the impact of COVID-19 on the development of clinical guidelines, and the effectiveness of P4Q programmes in health systems across Europe.

If you have joined one or more webinars in the Quality of Health Care series, please help us improve by completing this brief evaluation survey.  

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