National Center for Medical Service Administration of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China was established at the beginning of 2015. It is mainly in charge of developing and managing standards of medical technology and organizing their implementation, and giving technical guidance and consulting for evaluation of medical institutions. The foundation of the center fills in the blank of lacking central administrative department of the guideline development and evaluation. This paper introduces the definition and the function of clinical practice guideline, and analyzes the current situation, problems and challenges of domestic guidelines, and proposes some potential suggestions on improving the quality of Chinese guidelines from national level for promoting the standardization, scientification and transparency of clinical practice guidelines in China.
Citation: LIN Xia, YANG Kehu, CHEN Yaolong, WANG Qi, BAI Fei. Clinical practice guideline in China: current status and thoughts. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(5): 497-500. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201703130 Copy