Why? Because they provide physicians and the healthcare systems they work in with:
- Evidence: High-quality guidelines rigorously evaluate and grade evidence, they help practitioners stay up to date with evolving research that would otherwise be nearly impossible to individually evaluate in full.
- Risk Reduction: They limit unwarranted variability (which is a well-documented cause of suboptimal outcomes and inefficiency). Standardisation through guidelines means that individual bias or outdated habits are minimised.
- Protection: Following established guidelines offers medicolegal reassurance by demonstrating adherence to recognised standards of care.
- Safety: Robust guidelines address not only what to do but often what not to do, prompting safer choices and reducing unnecessary or harmful interventions.
- Value for Money: In cost-constrained systems, guidelines help channel limited resources toward interventions proven to deliver benefit.
Given their influence and importance, why do CRMs and KOL Mapping systems not feature guidelines, or home in on the people who draft them?
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