Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network: the first 15 years (1993–2008)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network: the first 15 years (1993-2008).

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was established in 1993. One of the first national programmes of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, it has played a lead role internationally in many of the developments in guideline methodology. The challenges faced from the beginning of the organisation up to its integration into the National Health Service and how they were add...

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Glaucoma-service provision in Scotland: introduction and need for Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guidelines

PURPOSE To describe the pattern of glaucoma-service delivery in Scotland and identify areas for improvement, taking into account Scottish General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) arrangements and the Eye Care Integration project, and to design Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guidelines to refine the primary and secondary interface of glaucoma care. MATERIALS AND METHODS A glaucoma...

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Attention Deficit and Hyperkinetic Disorders in Children and Young People

COPD Evidence Tables The evidence tables are presented in section order. The methodological quality of each paper was rated using the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) system (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. SIGN