The NICE process for developing quality standards and indicators

Brian Bennett; Emilene Coventry; Nicola Greenway; Mark Minchin

doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2014.09.008

The NICE process for developing quality standards and indicators

Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2014;108(8-9):481-6. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2014.09.008. Epub 2014 Oct 25.

Authors

Brian Bennett¹, Emilene Coventry¹, Nicola Greenway¹, Mark Minchin²

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, United Kingdom.
² National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, United Kingdom. Electronic address: mark.minchin@nice.org.uk.

PMID: 25523846
DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2014.09.008

Abstract

This paper describes the core principles and processes used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to develop quality standards and quality indicators from evidence based guidelines.

Keywords: NICE; Qualitätsstandards; Qualitätsverbesserung; clinical indicators; klinische Indikatoren; quality improvement; quality standards.

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes / standards*
Evidence-Based Medicine / standards*
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / standards
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards*
Quality Indicators, Health Care / standards*
State Medicine / standards*
United Kingdom