Clearinghouse (medicine)

A clearinghouse or clearing procedure is understood to mean processed compilations of various (Internet) sources that are compiled as search aids for a specific subject or for several areas

Guideline clearing houses maintain registers of existing, e.g. In some cases, medical guidelines have been tested for methodological quality and / or the appropriateness of their content . In Germany there is such a clearing house at the Medical Center for Quality in Medicine .

There is now a clearinghouse for medical quality indicators in the USA .

References

1. ↑ Council of Europe. Developing a methodology for developing guidelines for best medical practice. Council of Europe Recommendation Rec (2001) 13 and Explanatory Memorandum. German language edition. Bern, Cologne, Vienna 2002 (PDF; 785 kB)
2. ↑ Guideline glossary from AWMF and ÄZQ

Web links

• Overview of guideline clearing procedures in BR, CDN, D, USA and internationally
• National clearinghouse for quality indicators, USA