January 2012 Author in the Room® Teleconference
Author: Hal Sox, MD
Article: New American Cancer Society Process for Creating Trustworthy Cancer Screening Guidelines
Summary Points:
- Trustworthy guidelines require transparency about purpose, process, evidence, and rationale.
- Trustworthy guidelines require a systematic review of the pertinent evidence.
- Expertise in evaluating evidence and freedom from financial conflicts of interest are the main requirements for membership on a guidelines panel. If these are present, then clinical skills are important.
