OCRM PRACTICE GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

For help completing this form please call Kathleen Kerr: 476-5136,
e-mail: kathK@email.his.ucsf.edu,
fax: 502-2412

Physician Sponsor:______ Department:___________
Phone:________________ Fax:__________________
Box:__________________ E-mail:_______________
Care issue addressed: e.g., Anticoagulation in Adults; Detection, Diagnosis & Treatment of Depression; Management of Cancer Pain; Management of Minor Head Trauma; Screening for Bladder Cancer; Urinary Incontinence in Adults







Why is this issue important: e.g., high volume diagnosis, problem prone procedure, high cost procedure, unnecessary practice variation, low patient/provider satisfaction, unnecessary variation in LOS, variation in clinical outcomes.









Project goals: what you hope to achive, how a practice guideline might address the above described issues.









List or attach any guidelines currently available or in use: e.g., AHCPR, NIH, AMA, ACP, internal policy.









Status of Project:
___ Not Yet Begun
___ In Progress
___ Guideline Completed But Not In use
___ Guideline Completed And In Use

If the project has not yet begun, when would you be ready to begin?__________________________


Will your group need assistance with:
___ Group Facilitiation
___ Assembling a multidisciplinary team
___ Data collection/analysis
___ Medical Literature Review
___ Guideline Implementation
___ Other


Proposed membership guideline development group: MDs, RNs, RTs, SW, PharmDs, etc.

Name Department Agreed to Participate? Phone Box  E-mail
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

Do you have experience developing or implementing guidelines:    Yes __ No__

If yes, please describe:_______________________________________________________________

Signatures: Physician Sponsor:_______________________________ Date:_________
  Division/Section Chief:__________________________ (if applicable) Date:_________
  Department Chair:______________________________ Date:_________

Please return completed form to: Kathleen Kerr, Box 0208; Fax 502-2412; E-mail kathk@email.ucsf.edu