SynthesisJournal of clinical epidemiology2023
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.
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- Improvement of Clinical Practice Guideline Appraisal by Human Experts and AI Agents by Using Structured Guidance: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Validation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Update from 2010 (standard operating procedure): protocol for the 2024 British Society of Gastroenterology Guidelines on colorectal surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2024Guideline
- GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist Extension for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in the Health Guideline Enterprise.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2026Article
- Development of a GIN-McMaster Checklist Extension for Out-of-Hospital Health Guidelines: A Research Protocol.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2026Article
- Protocol for the Development of The Australian Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Guideline.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2026Article
- Protocol for the Creation of the Guidelines International Network-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist Extension for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in the Guideline Enterprise (Guidelines-Artificial Intelligence Extension).Clinical and public health guidelines · 2025Article
- Development of Computable Guidelines: GIN McMaster Guideline Development Checklist Extension for Computable Guidelines.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2025Article
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- Enhancing health equity considerations in guidelines: health equity extension of the GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- The development of the GIN-McMaster checklist extension for guideline adaptation protocol.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2025Article
- GRADE Concept 7: Issues and Insights Linking Guideline Recommendations to Trustworthy Essential Medicine Lists.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesOur 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.
methodsWe 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.
resultsWe 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.
conclusionThe 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.
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