Publication: Best Practices for Chiropractic

A Good Idea

Description

The CCGPP is writing an evidence-based best practices publication in order to identify efficacious procedures on which to base informed health care decisions for chiropractic doctors, patients, payors and other stakeholders.

Goal / Mission

The publication will address the disparity of best practices information for certain types of spinal and neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

Results / Accomplishments

The first chapter of the document is written and teams for other sections are assembling data and working on successive chapters and are on schedule at the present time. The first draft of the low back section was completed in November 2004 and is again being revised. It will be released to all stakeholders via the internet for pre-publication commentary in the next few months.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters
Primary Contact
Eugene A. Lewis, D.C., M.P.H., Chairman
PO Box 2054
Lexington, SC 29071
(803) 356-6809
ccgpp@sc.rr.com
http://clinicalcompass.org/
Topics
Health / Alternative Medicine
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Organization(s)
Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters
Source
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Date of publication
2005
Location
Lexington, SC

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A Good Idea meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.