Guidelines and Assessments


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Overview of Guidelines and Assessments

Preferred Practice Patterns (PPPs)
Designed to identify characteristics and components of quality eye care. Developed by a panel of experts and based on the best available scientific data, PPPs provide guidance for the pattern of practice, not for the care of a particular individual.

Compendium
A collection of clinical practice guidelines based on clinical evidence and expert consensus to assist the clinician in decision-making about treating specific diseases.

Ophthalmic Technology Assessments
Evaluate new and existing procedures, drugs and diagnostic and screening tests for safety and clinical effectiveness. Written and reviewed by the Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Committee of the Quality of Care and Knowledge Base Development Secretariat.

Summary Benchmarks
Do you rely on the evidence-based recommendations of the Preferred Practice Patterns (PPPs), but wish you could quickly locate key clinical information, perhaps during a patient visit? The Summary Benchmarks contain the most relevant information from the PPPs, condensed for ease of access.

Evidence-Based Medicine
A collection of information and resources about evidence-based medicine -- the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence-based medicine integrates individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.

 
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