NGC Update Service: March 13, 2017

March 13, 2017

New This Week

Announcements

NGC Spotlight

Visit the updated Hospital-Acquired Conditions page for evidence-based resources available on the NGC Web site to assist users in the prevention of CMS-identified hospital-acquired conditions.

Conference News

Last chance to register for the Evidence-based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders (E-GAPPS III) Conference being held on March 20-21, 2017 at The New York Academy of Medicine. The event is sponsored by the Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) and NYAM's Section on Evidence Based Health Care (SEBHC). The conference is titled "Beyond Implementation: Are Clinical Guidelines Improving Healthcare Quality?"

AHRQ Announces Funding Opportunity for Developing Measures of Shared Decisionmaking

A new funding opportunity announcement from AHRQ solicits applications for research projects to develop, test and evaluate measures of shared decisionmaking for research conducted in clinical settings. Shared decisionmaking is a collaborative process in which patients and members of their clinical team make health care decisions that are informed by scientific evidence as well as patients' values and preferences. Each project is expected to produce valid and reliable measures of shared decisionmaking, along with instructions for implementing the measures and documentation on the development, testing and evaluation of the measures. The maximum cost for each project is $500,000 per year and $1.5 million for up to three years.

Health Awareness Topics: March 2017

• Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
• National Kidney Month (see related guidelines)

How to Participate

Submit Guidelines: Visit our Submit Guidelines page for information on how to submit your organization's guidelines.

Suggest a Guideline for Possible Inclusion: Submit your suggestions for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that you would like to see included in NGC.

NGC's Sister Resource

Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).