Title
Evaluating the Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Stroke Outcomes
Abstract
A clinical practice guideline for acute ischemic stroke has been implemented in four Italian centres. Its impact in terms of applicability and effectiveness has been analysed. The evaluation methodology is based on the correlation between the compliance to the guideline and the health and economic outcomes during a six months follow-up. The paper illustrates the fundamental role that formal guideline representation, patient data model, and health care organisation model play in the evaluation task. Results show, on the clinical side, that compliance improves stroke outcomes (relative risk due to number of non-compliance 1.07, p
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1007/3-540-48229-6_60
AIME '87
Keywords
Field
DocType
stroke outcomes,clinical practice guidelines,evaluation methodology,clinical side,formal guideline representation,stroke outcome,acute ischemic stroke,health care organisation model,evaluation task,italian centre,clinical practice guideline,patient data model,health care,relative risk,data model
Health care,Computer science,Relative risk,Clinical Practice,Stroke,Cost–benefit analysis,Artificial intelligence,Medical emergency,Guideline,Cohort study,Machine learning
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
2101
0302-9743
3-540-42294-3
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
4
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S Quaglini148871.94
Carla Rognoni2359.52
A Cavallini318618.04
Giuseppe Micieli4305.36