American Thyroid Association Guidelines and Statements: Past, Present, and Future: American Thyroid Association Guidelines Policy and Procedures Task Force
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Background The American Thyroid Association (ATA) is continually striving to improve the quality of its publications. The ATA Guidelines Policies and Procedures Task Force was active during 2017. It recently recommended convening a formal standing committee to review and update policies and procedures for the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and Statements on an ongoing basis. Objective This statement reviews the history of official ATA publications and discusses the challenges and findings identified by the Task Force. We also wish to present our "work in progress" and propose future directions for the new ATA Guidelines and Statements Committee (ATA GSC). Methods Our Task Force reviewed the publication record of the ATA with respect to CPGs. We also reviewed existing ATA policies for CPGs and other official statements, examined policies of other organizations, solicited input from external experts and organizations, and convened five conference calls and two in-person meetings. Results The ATA has a rich history of developing official publications that have been influential based on download and citation records as well as changes in practice trends. Key future issues to be further addressed by the ATA GSC include the following: (i) striving to improve the methodologic rigor of development of CPGs while balancing considerations of feasibility and timeliness and the role of transparently communicated expert opinion; (ii) formalizing a framework and process…
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Most guidelines are widely disseminated throughout all geographic regions, as has been shown for ATA guidelines.
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- Authors
- Sawka, A. M., Carty, S. E., Haugen, B. R., Hennessey, J. V., Kopp, P. A., Pearce, E. N., Sosa, J. A., Tufano, R. P., & Jonklaas, J.
- Affiliations
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sawka, Anna M.
- Jonklaas, Jacqueline
- ORCID
- Venue
- Thyroid
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 692-706
- ISSN
- 1050-7256 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-9077
- OpenAlex
- W2896524052
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7
- FWCI
- 5.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Thyroid (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Keywords
- American Thyroid Association, guideline development, statements, conflicts of interest, diversity and equity, stakeholder representation, patient representatives, guideline implementation, thyroid dysfunction, expert opinion
- MeSH terms
- Endocrinology, Humans, Societies, Medical, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Gland, United States, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Advisory Committees, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century
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