ECRI Institute announces a $2.4 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to ensure that the healthcare community has free access to trustworthy clinical practice guidelines. The ECRI Guidelines Trust, a rich repository of evidence-based guideline briefs and scorecards, is available to the public at no cost through this grant. Medical professionals rely on expertly-vetted clinical practice guidelines to support safe and effective patient care.
Since its launch in November, more than 4,000 clinicians, medical librarians, and academic researchers from 60 countries around the world have registered for free public access. ECRI already has over 700 guidelines represented on the site through collaboration with developers whose guidelines meet ECRI’s inclusion criteria. The Guidelines Trust currently contains expertly-vetted briefs, TRUST Scorecards, and links to full-text guidelines.
Guidelines from nearly 60 developers, medical specialty societies, and other healthcare organizations are already included at the site, which will continue to grow. ECRI’s strict conflict-of-interest policies ensure evaluations are unbiased, fact-based, and free from industry influence.
ECRI Institute developed the Guidelines Trust after substantial federal funding cuts forced the shutdown of the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), which ECRI Institute developed and maintained for 20 years.
The next phase of the Guidelines Trust will feature advanced search capabilities, an enhanced user interface, and support for guideline implementation and decision-making.
For information visit guidelines.ecri.org.
