• And for each guideline-directed medical therapy, it addresses the "significant challenge in how to titrate these drugs to optimal levels, something so very much needed in the care of patients with heart failure," Dr James Januzzi (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston), vice-chair of the writing committee and chair of the ACC task force on expert consensus pathways, said in an email. (medscape.com)
  • Appropriate Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards in Premarket Submissions for Medical Devices - Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff, issued September 2018. (fda.gov)
  • Cite this: New Consensus Guidance on Optimizing Heart Failure Care - Medscape - Jan 03, 2018. (medscape.com)
  • 2018) and the Consensus Report on nutrition therapy for adults with diabetes and pre-diabetes by Evert et al. (sweeteners.org)
  • Although many excellent summaries have recently been published for audiences elsewhere, we present our accumulated consensus perspectives on the diagnosis and management of ITP, specifically addressing clinically relevant areas where there are limitations to the available evidence 1 , 2 , 3 (the guideline development process is described in the online Supporting Information , box). (mja.com.au)
  • The goal of this consensus guideline is to assist clinicians who are providing chronic pain management in acute care hospital and nonhospital settings (i.e., hospice, long-term care facilities, and community) for patients with life-limiting illnesses, where the goals of care are focused on comfort (i.e., palliative care). (cambridge.org)
  • This consensus statement has been endorsed by the THANZ Council and ITP Australia. (mja.com.au)
  • ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Weight Loss in Weight-Cat. (lww.com)
  • This consensus statement extends the 2007 IOC Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport, presenting additional evidence of several other types of harassment and abuse-psychological, physical and neglect. (bmj.com)
  • Methods: A literature review followed by formulation of a consensus statement was performed. (psu.edu)
  • Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association For European Cardiovascular Pathology: II. (tuni.fi)
  • The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group has issued a Statement of Principles and launched a website ( www.consensusgroup.ca ) to encourage discussion and consensus across Canada. (aims.ca)
  • The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group, coordinated by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), includes medical practitioners, former health ministers, past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association and provincial medical and hospital associations, academics, and health care policy experts, all of whom are signatories to the Statement of Principles. (aims.ca)
  • Within the framework of the vision and principles outlined in the statement, the Consensus Group intends to develop three or four background papers a year outlining specific areas for discussion. (aims.ca)
  • The US National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference on the diagnosis and treatment of early melanoma recommended "dysplastic nevus" be replaced with "atypical nevus" and that histologically, lesions be diagnosed as "nevi with architectural disorder with a statement as to the presence and degree of melanocytic atypia. (medscape.com)
  • However, one or more faulty processes may skew the resultant outcome such that consensus may not be reached or reached incorrectly. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) sixth Ovarian Cancer Conference on Clinical Research was held virtually in October, 2021, following published consensus guidelines. (nih.gov)
  • The coalition hopes the framework, which expands and builds upon principles released in April , will advance policy discussions and help build the consensus necessary to enact bipartisan data privacy legislation in 2020. (insightsassociation.org)
  • 2019), the latter supported by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), reviewed current evidence about low calorie sweeteners' consumption and reiterated that low calorie sweeteners are safe for consumption within the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) levels . (sweeteners.org)
  • Where the scientific literature was incomplete, recommendations reflected the consensus of SPARCC members (Level C evidence). (jrheum.org)
  • A working group of 25 representatives from major academic medical centers and research, government, military, public health and emergency management institutions and agencies developed consensus-based recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals following the use of tularemia as a biological weapon against a civilian population. (cdc.gov)
  • The appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation II and grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation instruments were used to develop an expert consensus and evaluate the level of evidence of each recommendation. (ijpsonline.com)
  • The draft consensus recommendations were evaluated by invited reviewers and presented for public comment. (lu.se)
  • SUMMARY The guidelines provide specific recommendations based on published data or derived from expert consensus. (lu.se)
  • Following development of an original draft document, consensus for revisions was achieved among members of SPARCC. (jrheum.org)
  • The Privacy for America coalition, of which the Insights Association is a founding member , presented the new legislative framework today in the form of draft legislation delivered to key members and committees of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. (insightsassociation.org)
  • 3. Complete the draft of a consensus standard to validate the performance of hearing protector fit-test systems - ANSI/ASA S12.71. (cdc.gov)
  • A consensus framework map of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf. (cimmyt.org)
  • Geneva, 13 January 2014 Five global healthcare organizations have established a Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration to support partnerships that will aim to deliver greater patient benefits and support high quality patient care. (ifpma.org)
  • While individual codes of practice govern the activities of each group, this broad-based consensus framework applies across much of the healthcare community to include interactions involving patients, nurses, pharmacists, doctors, and the healthcare industry. (ifpma.org)
  • Core to the Consensus Framework is the transparency and accountability of our work," said David Benton, Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses. (ifpma.org)
  • Making the cooperation possible for ethical research and innovation is one of the aims of the consensus framework. (ifpma.org)
  • The Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration between Patients' Organizations, Healthcare Professionals and the Pharmaceutical Industry is accessible at [http://ifpma.org/fileadmin/content/Publication/2014/Consensus_Framework-vF.pdf]. (ifpma.org)
  • The AATS expert consensus document was recently released and focused on surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection. (ctsnet.org)
  • WASHINGTON, DC -The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released an expert consensus decision pathway document to optimize the treatment of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction [ 1 ] . (medscape.com)
  • A committee of 10 sleep clinicians developed a set of 16 consensus questions to review, conducted a comprehensive literature search, and extensively discussed potential diagnostic criteria. (nih.gov)
  • To Educate the Public, Policy Makers, Industry, and Other Stakeholders and Build a Consensus on the Benefits of Carbon Capture Utilization Sequestration and Carbon management technologies. (usea.org)
  • Inclusion: As many stakeholders as possible should be involved in a consensus decision-making process. (wikipedia.org)
  • To see comprehensive federal data privacy legislation enacted, the Insights Association and the other Privacy for America members will continue to meet with leaders in Congress, the FTC, the Department of Commerce, the White House, companies across all sectors of the U.S. economy, and other stakeholders to successfully address this important issue. (insightsassociation.org)
  • The European Hematology Association (EHA) Roadmap for European Hematology Research highlights major achievements in diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders and identifies the greatest unmet clinical and scientific needs in those areas to enable better funded, more focused European hematology research. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics Course Directors Special Interest Group Medical Education Core Curriculum Workgroup 2022, ' 2022 Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics (APHMG) consensus-based update of the core competencies for undergraduate medical education in genetics and genomics ', Genetics in Medicine , vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 2167-2179. (nebraska.edu)
  • The guidelines were reviewed by the Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine Committee and the Board of Directors of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and by the Professional Practice Committee of the American Diabetes Association. (lu.se)
  • While much of discussion about future directions in health care has focused on areas of disagreement, the purpose of the Health Care Consensus Group is to explore ideas and define an emerging consensus among prominent policy thinkers about the directions health care reform in Canada should take," explains AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley. (aims.ca)
  • There was consensus that oligometastatic disease should be defined as up to five metastases, even using advanced imaging modalities. (lu.se)
  • Although the consensus rule can only be changed by consensus, it could be improved by establishing greater transparency in the decision-making process. (csce.gov)
  • Over the years, there have been calls to reform the consensus decision-making process. (csce.gov)
  • While there appears to be general agreement that the health system is desperately in need of reform, that's where the public consensus ends. (aims.ca)
  • For that reason, members of the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group have come together to provide a platform for bold, reasoned and practical plans for genuine reform of the health system and to demonstrate that there is an emerging consensus among reform-minded observers about the direction that real reform must take. (aims.ca)
  • Consensus decision-making or consensus process (often abbreviated to consensus) are group decision-making processes in which participants develop and decide on proposals with the goal of acceptance by all. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consensus decision-making is an alternative to commonly practiced group decision-making processes. (wikipedia.org)
  • This often requires coordinating processes to reach consensus , or agree on some data value that is needed during computation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The consensus problem requires agreement among a number of processes (or agents) for a single data value. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some of the processes (agents) may fail or be unreliable in other ways, so consensus protocols must be fault tolerant or resilient. (wikipedia.org)
  • The processes must somehow put forth their candidate values, communicate with one another, and agree on a single consensus value. (wikipedia.org)
  • One approach to generating consensus is for all processes (agents) to agree on a majority value. (wikipedia.org)
  • Protocols that solve consensus problems are designed to deal with limited numbers of faulty processes . (wikipedia.org)
  • A protocol that can correctly guarantee consensus amongst n processes of which at most t fail is said to be t-resilient . (wikipedia.org)
  • Earlier this year, I stumbled across a podcast in a content update email from the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ). (medscape.com)
  • Cooperation: Participants in an effective consensus process should strive to reach the best possible decision for the group and all of its members, rather than competing for personal preferences. (wikipedia.org)
  • The United States Energy Association (USEA) is a nonprofit, apolitical, nonlobbying organization founded in 1924. (usea.org)
  • An earlier account of consensus decision-making comes from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the main student organization of the civil rights movement, founded in 1960. (wikipedia.org)
  • Food Not Bombs, which started in 1980 in connection with an occupation of Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant organized by the Clamshell Alliance, adopted consensus for their organization. (wikipedia.org)
  • Results and limitations: After two Delphi rounds, there was consensus on 42/48 (87.5%) of the statements. (lu.se)
  • Three survey rounds were conducted to develop a consensus. (trends.org.br)
  • The five organizations are the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO), International Council of Nurses (ICN), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), and the World Medical Association (WMA). (ifpma.org)
  • The Council of the Americas held a roundtable discussion in Brasilia titled "Rebuilding Vaccines Consensus in Brazil" as part of a series of roundtables focused on developing solutions for COVID-19, and improving preparedness and response to future pandemics. (as-coa.org)
  • Characteristics of consensus decision-making include: Collaboration: Participants contribute to a shared proposal and shape it into a decision that meets the concerns of all group members as much as possible. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spondyloarthritis (SpA) represents a group of related arthritides characterized by their association with HLA-B27 and the development of sacroiliitis and enthesitis. (jrheum.org)
  • These have been re-examined by consensus group members, who have introduced some modifications, more clearly defined the rules for classifying patients with primary or secondary SS, and provided more precise exclusion criteria. (bmj.com)
  • Enter the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group. (aims.ca)
  • The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group drew its inspiration from the UK Health Care Consensus Group, coordinated through Civitas and the US Health Care Consensus Group, coordinated through the Galen Institute. (aims.ca)
  • A group of experts selected by the Brazilian Psychiatric Association searched for articles in the MEDLINE (by PubMed) and Cochrane Database, limited to human studies and acute intoxication. (trends.org.br)
  • The Movement for a New Society (MNS) has been credited for popularizing consensus decision-making. (wikipedia.org)
  • Results: Four proposals regarding management of the lateral neck are made for consideration by organizations developing management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and DTC including the next iteration of management guidelines developed by the American Thyroid Association (ATA). (psu.edu)
  • Initiated by the EHA, around 300 experts contributed to the consensus document, which will help European policy makers, research funders, research organizations, researchers, and patient groups make better informed decisions on hematology research. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hearing Loss Prevention Program works with partners in industry, labor, trade associations, professional organizations, and academia. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we update a previous consensus and develop a guiding reference for sport and exercise genomics based on a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis. (bmj.com)
  • The roundtable convened policymakers, renowned medical doctors, and thought leaders with the objective of analyzing the mechanisms needed for rebuilding the consensus on vaccines in Brazil, particularly looking at strategies to generate acceptance and uptake for vaccines, while discussing lessons learned and developing strategies to be adopted by the government going forward. (as-coa.org)
  • American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, São Paulo, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Egalitarianism: All members of a consensus decision-making body should be afforded, as much as possible, equal input into the process. (wikipedia.org)
  • Participation: The consensus process should actively solicit the input and participation of all decision-makers. (wikipedia.org)
  • That is, the output value of a consensus protocol must be the input value of some process. (wikipedia.org)
  • This commentary describes a consensus process that informed the development of toolkits and corresponding lesson plans for educators to help residents address emotional impacts after involvement in medical error , stress management , and psychological health. (ahrq.gov)
  • The OSCE operates using a consensus decision-making process. (csce.gov)
  • The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has a Strategic Sustainability Plan how-to document , and is including this requirement for accreditation. (aaslh.org)
  • The European Hematology Association Roadmap for European Hematology Research: a consensus document. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The SpA Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) is an informal association of rheumatologist members of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) with a special interest in therapeutics and outcomes research in SpA. (jrheum.org)
  • MNS members used consensus decision-making from the beginning as a non-religious adaptation of the Quaker decision-making they were used to. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the leading voice, resource and network of the marketing research and data analytics community, the Insights Association helps its members create competitive advantage. (insightsassociation.org)
  • Objective: We aimed to critically review developments in molecular hybrid imaging and systemic radioligand therapy, to reach a multidisciplinary consensus on the current state of the art in PCa. (lu.se)
  • Current federal, industrial, and national consensus standards are described. (cdc.gov)
  • The results were discussed and ratified in a consensus meeting. (lu.se)
  • Results: The updated Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics core competencies are presented. (nebraska.edu)
  • The core will not take any responsibility for downstream data that may depend on the original association, for example inherited annotations and analysis results. (lu.se)
  • Most often, it has been described in association with specific sleep or medical conditions. (nih.gov)
  • said Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the World Medical Association. (ifpma.org)
  • Methods: The Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics previously developed medical school genetics core competencies, last updated in 2013. (nebraska.edu)
  • AASLH's Bob Beatty and Cherie Cook will be presenters on the Tuesday, March 8 webinar session by Association leaders. (aaslh.org)
  • Consensus decision-making, as a self-described practice, originates from several nonviolent, direct action groups that were active in the Civil rights, Peace and Women's movements, themselves part of the larger U.S. counterculture of the 1960s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consensus diagnostic criteria for RSD have been developed, which are intended to improve clinical practice and promote further research. (nih.gov)
  • The ACC and American Heart Association have established clinical practice guidelines as the foundation for HF care. (medscape.com)
  • Although consensus statements cannot replace high-certainty evidence, these can aid in the interpretation and dissemination of best practice from centres of excellence to the wider clinical community. (lu.se)
  • By prohibiting the exploitation of personal data, this new comprehensive approach to privacy regulation directly and explicitly alleviates consumer concerns," noted Howard Fienberg, VP Advocacy for the Insights Association. (insightsassociation.org)
  • National Fire Protection Association data show that sudden cardiac death is the most common type of LODD for firefighters. (cdc.gov)
  • Canadian Rheumatology Association Consensus on the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha directed therapies in the treatment of spondyloarthritis. (jrheum.org)
  • With support from the U.S. Department of Energy, the CCUS Consensus program addresses the need for global public outreach and consensus building. (usea.org)
  • The focus on establishing agreement of at least the majority or the supermajority and avoiding unproductive opinion differentiates consensus from unanimity, which requires all participants to support a decision. (wikipedia.org)
  • Association of intraoperative anaesthesia handovers with patient morbidity and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (ahrq.gov)
  • Recent experience with anti-tumor necrosis factor-a (anti-TNF-a) directed therapies prompted a consensus-based evaluation of the evidence supporting their efficacy, safety, and appropriate use in SpA. (jrheum.org)
  • We derived a consensus gesture set containing 22 gestures based on agreement rates calculation and considered their transferability across different domains. (offis.de)
  • Subsequent trials and meta-analyses cast doubt on the need for the stim test, and a consensus around hydrocortisone at moderate doses for patients with septic shock emerged. (medscape.com)
  • Plus d'un million de patients atteints de tuberculose ont été soignés depuis 2000, avec un taux de réussite thérapeutique de 91 % en 2007. (who.int)
  • Given that sub-cultures may exist between tourists and hosts as well as within the same community, CCA can be used as an a priori method to understand cultural consensus prior to implementing tourism development initiatives. (umass.edu)
  • Example applications of consensus include agreeing on what transactions to commit to a database in which order, state machine replication , and atomic broadcasts . (wikipedia.org)