Consensus Guidelines for Facilities Performing Outpatient Procedures

Suggested guidelines for performing procedures in patients with chronic kidney disease in outpatient centers.

Maintenance of hemodialysis vascular access is increasingly performed on an outpatient basis by physicians trained in interventional techniques. The adoption of guidelines by national reputable organizations will help identify patients eligible for such outpatient treatments and help optimize the safety and efficacy of their procedures in the outpatient setting.

Standard operating procedures for ESPEN guidelines and consensus papers.

The ESPEN Guideline standard operating procedures (SOP) is based on the methodology provided by the Association of Scientific Medical Societies of Germany (AWMF), the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), and the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine at the University of Oxford. The SOP is valid and obligatory for all future ESPEN-sponsored guideline projects aiming to generate high-...

Procedures for Performing Systematic Reviews

Payment methods for outpatient care facilities

BACKGROUND Outpatient care facilities provide a variety of basic healthcare services to individuals who do not require hospitalisation or institutionalisation, and are usually the patient's first contact. The provision of outpatient care contributes to immediate and large gains in health status, and a large portion of total health expenditure goes to outpatient healthcare services. Payment meth...

Guidelines on the facilities required for minor surgical procedures and minimal access interventions.

There have been many changes in healthcare provision in recent years, including the delivery of some surgical services in primary care or in day surgery centres, which were previously provided by acute hospitals. Developments in the fields of interventional radiology and cardiology have further expanded the range and complexity of procedures undertaken in these settings. In the face of these ch...