Clinical Practice Guidelines and the institute of Medicine

In April 2011, 12 months after the start of the first of the expert panel report’s systematic reviews, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published “Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust. Although at that point, the panel’s processes were already identified and in progress, it was determined that the panel’s report was well aligned with the main points that the IOM standards identified as critical to trustworthy guidelines (establishing transparency, managing conflict of interest, guideline development group composition, clinical practice guidelines-systematic review intersection, establishing evidence foundations for and rating strength of recommendations, articulation of recommendations, external review, and updating). Because the panel’s work began prior to the release of the IOM standards, it did not include a patient representative, the questions considered were not disseminated for public comment, and at this time, no updates are planned for this guideline document.