Guidelines International Network
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The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) is an international scientific asssociation of organisations and individuals interested and involved in development and application of evidence based
guidelines and health care
information. The network supports evidence based
health care and improved health outcomes by reducing inappropriate variation throughout the world.
The list of members is available on the G-I-N website
Being constituted as a Scottish Guarantee Company under Company Number SC243691, the Network is recognised as a Scottish Charity under Scottish Charity Number SC034047.
, NICE
(UK), SIGN (UK), and NZGG (NZ).
Against this background the Guidelines International Network G-I-N was founded in November 2002 in Paris with Günter Ollenschläger
as founding chairman.
G-I-N's main aims are:
The Network organises the annual G-I-N Conference around the globe:
2003 Edinburgh (UK), 2004 Wellington (NZ), 2005 Lyon (FR), 2007 Toronto (CA), 2008 Helsinki (FI), 2009 Lisbon (PT), 2010 Chicago (US), 2011 Seoul (KR), 2012 Berlin (DE).
G-I-N Projects are developed in several working groups focussing on the following topics:
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making. It seeks to assess the strength of evidence of the risks and benefits of treatments and diagnostic tests...
guidelines and health care
Health care
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information. The network supports evidence based
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making. It seeks to assess the strength of evidence of the risks and benefits of treatments and diagnostic tests...
health care and improved health outcomes by reducing inappropriate variation throughout the world.
Membership and Organisation
The Network's membership consists of more than 90 institutions working in the field of medical guidelines and other types of healthcare guidance as well as of individual experts (October 2011). The members represent about 46 countries from all continents.The list of members is available on the G-I-N website
Being constituted as a Scottish Guarantee Company under Company Number SC243691, the Network is recognised as a Scottish Charity under Scottish Charity Number SC034047.
History
Based upon the work of the international AGREE Collaboration for the quality of clinical practice guidelines, an organised network for organisations and experts working in the field of evidence-based guidelines was proposed in early 2002 at the first international guideline conference in Berlin, Germany. Guideline experts called for international standardized guideline methods, and information exchange in this field. The proposal was endorsed by health care agencies from all parts of the world such as AHRQ (USA), CBO (NL) German Agency for Quality in MedicineGerman Agency for Quality in Medicine
The German Agency for Quality in Medicine - in German "Ärztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin ", established in 1995 and located in Berlin co-ordinates healthcare quality programmes with special focus on evidence-based medicine, medical guidelines, patient empowerment, patient safety...
, NICE
NICE
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(UK), SIGN (UK), and NZGG (NZ).
Against this background the Guidelines International Network G-I-N was founded in November 2002 in Paris with Günter Ollenschläger
Günter Ollenschläger
Günter Ollenschläger is a German physician and medical editor. He has been chief editor of the German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Healthcare ZEFQ and head of the German Agency for Quality in Medicine since 1995....
as founding chairman.
Mission and Aims
The goal of the network is to lead, strengthen and support collaboration and work within the guideline development, adaptation and implementation community.G-I-N's main aims are:
- Promoting best practice through the development of learning opportunities and capacity building, as well as the establishment of standards
- Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of evidence-based guideline development, adaptation, dissemination and implementation
- Building a Network and partnerships for guideline developing organisations, end users (such as health care providers, healthcare policy makers and consumers) and stakeholders.
Activities
G-I-N entertains with the International Guideline Library the world's largest guideline library containing regularly updated guidelines and publications of the G-I-N membership. In October 2011 more than 7,500 documents are available.The Network organises the annual G-I-N Conference around the globe:
2003 Edinburgh (UK), 2004 Wellington (NZ), 2005 Lyon (FR), 2007 Toronto (CA), 2008 Helsinki (FI), 2009 Lisbon (PT), 2010 Chicago (US), 2011 Seoul (KR), 2012 Berlin (DE).
G-I-N Projects are developed in several working groups focussing on the following topics:
- Evidence Tables
- Guideline Adaptation
- Guideline Implementation
- Allied Health Professionals and Guidelines
- Public and Patient involvement
- Emergency Care and Guidelines