The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier firm engaged in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, has launched its first web-based version of Point of Care Guidelines (http://www.cpmrc.com/). The online edition of its guidelines seeks to support new and emerging meaningful use requirements for care coordination and interdisciplinary collaboration with a model that is aimed at helping improve practice at the point of care.
The online guidelines are designed to offer an evidence-based approach to patient care covering medical, surgical and human response diagnoses. Users are provided with new and enhanced features including varied search mechanisms; direct, internal links; relevant external resource site links; evidence leveling and recommendation grading; and customisation options to add hospital specific policies, announcements and branding on the homepage. Nurses and interdisciplinary professionals can expect to obtain quick access to more than 200 CPMRC clinical practice guidelines.
The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center is projected to embrace both educational and practice settings. The model's core beliefs are purportedly related to safe, individualised healthcare; healthy work culture; continuous learning; evidence-based action; partnership; individual accountability; shared mission, vision and values; and healthy relationships. Information is updated in real-time and developed by expert interdisciplinary clinicians through the nearly 300 member CPMRC International Consortium, which maintains a continuous feedback loop designed to ensure credible, relevant information and CPMRC's development methodology.
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