Clinical Practice and Treatment Guidelines: Institutions, associations, and government agencies issue health related standards and guidelines which are widely used and recognized in the U.S. Guidelines are statements of principles or procedures that assist professionals in ensuring quality in such areas as clinical practice, treatment plans, biomedical research, and health services. Practice guidelines assist the health care practitioner with patient care decisions about appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, or other clinical procedures for specific clinical circumstances. Treatment guidelines provide assistance with appropriate treatment plans suited to the patient. For more information on clinical practice and treatment guidelines please see above links.
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