Targeting Quality Improvement in Clinical Practice Guidelines. (12th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mims, James W.
• Is Part Of: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery. Volume 153:Number 6(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 907
• Page End: 908
• Publication Date: 2015-10-12
• Subjects: clinical practice guidelines -- quality improvement -- medical error -- cognitive error; Head -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Neck -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Otolaryngology -- Periodicals; 617.51
• DOI: 10.1177/0194599815611861
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0194-5998

Abstract

Abstract : Clinical practice guidelines provide key action statements targeted at quality improvements. Areas of potential quality improvement can be identified by exploring known contributors to cognitive errors. Three common contributors to medical error and reduced quality care are (1) the complexity of modern medicine, (2) the tendency to apply cause and effect to random associations, and (3) our bias to our first intuition. Future authors of clinical practice guidelines should consider these 3 influences when deciding how to best provide guidance to improve patient care.