Appropriate use criteria
Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) specify when it is appropriate to perform a medical procedure or service. An “appropriate” procedure is one for which the expected health benefits exceed the expected health risks by a wide margin.
AUC are sometimes referred to as Appropriateness Criteria (AC).
Ideally, AUC are evidence-based, but in the absence of sufficient evidence, may be derived from a consensus of expert opinion. AUC are typically classified in terms of the quality of the evidence on which they are based.
AUC may be promulgated in human-readable form, or converted into an electronic structured form for use in a Clinical decision support system, such as a CPOE system.
References
External links
- American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) - Appropriate use criteria
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) - What Are Appropriate Use Criteria?
- American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) Appropriate Use Criteria
- American College of Radiology (ACR) - About the ACR Appropriateness Criteria
- American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) - Appropriate Use Criteria
- Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) - Appropriate Use Criteria