Guidelines sound like common sense—complex diseases present a host of complicating factors, and guidelines aid providers in readily navigating those factors to provide optimal treatment. But reality ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13058. Nationally and around ...

Clinical practice in the United States is marked by significant variation, leading in some cases to suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes. Despite the proliferation of clinical practice ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Clinicians can no longer stay abreast of the rapidly expanding knowledge bases related ...