Guideline Organizations’ Guidance Documents Paper 11: Quality Assurance and Improvement in Guideline Development

INTRODUCTION: The integration of quality assurance and improvement (QAI) into all steps of guideline development can promote the measurability and relevance of guidelines to real-world practice. Our objective was to describe QAI processes as described in guidance documents of guideline-producing organizations. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive search in 2021, and updated it in 2024, to identify guidance documents publicly available by …