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The GLIDES (Guidelines Into
Decision Support) project - AHRQ funded - will demonstrate a systematic and
replicable process by which knowledge contained in clinical practice guidelines
can be transformed into computer-based clinical decision support solutions and
taken to scale to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the U.S.
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GEM (the Guideline Elements
Model) is an XML- based guideline document model that can store
and organize the heterogeneous information contained in practice
guidelines.
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The ERICCA Project (the Electronic Records
to Improve Care for Children with Asthma) is a multi-institutional initiative to
bring health information exchange functionality to the Greater New Haven area and ultimately to
the region as a whole. It includes distribution of electronic health records and connectivity,
implementation of computer-based decision support tools, and evaluation components.
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The ERGO
Project (Effective Representation of Guidelines with Ontologies)- funded jointly by
the National Library of Medicine and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - aims
to improve the processes by which knowledge about best clinical practice is transformed
into systems that will influence clinical care.
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The GLIA
Project (GuideLine Implementability Appraisal) seeks to understand factors
that facilitate and interfere with effective implementation of scientific
knowledge in clinical care processes. The GLIA instrument has been developed
and applied in a variety of settings worldwide.
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The Guideline Implementation
Project has explored the use of mobile, pen-based devices that
incorporate guideline knowledge to provide clinical decision support
and overcome challenges to user acceptance.
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The COGS (Conference
on Guideline Standardization) Project sought to identify key elements
that should be included in clinical guidelines and to understand
factors that influence guideline implementability.
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