Format guidelines to make them vivid, intuitive, and visual: Use simple formatting rules to optimize usability and accessibility of clinical practice guidelines

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 52-57

  Versloot, Judith ^a   Grudniewicz, Agnes ^b   Chatterjee, Ananda ^c   Hayden, Leigh ^d   Kastner, Monika ^a   Bhattacharyya, Onil ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Document formatting; Implementation; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL AID; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84936079458     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000036     Document Type: Article

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