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The ASCP Institute for Science, Technology and Policy develops Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) in a transparent and ethical manner. CPG typically focus on a specific disease or related set of diseases, with the goal of optimizing patient care by providing evidence-based recommendations on updated testing and treatments to assist physicians, healthcare workers and even patients in making difficult decisions, by weighing benefits and harms of care options. ASCP engages primarily in guidelines that place emphasis on the role of the pathologist, laboratory professional and laboratory as the nexus of patient care.
ASCP, working in collaboration with other professional societies, has developed the following guidelines.
ASCP also works with other organizations to provide pathologists and laboratory professionals with other practice resources to support and improve patient care.
The ASCP Institute for Science, Technology and Policy employs established sound practices for guidelines development by following the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines. This publication outlines eight standards proposed to cover essential elements determined to be key to the production of sound clinical practice guidelines. Following these standards ensures that ASCP guidelines are transparent in their development and use an unbiased systematic approach for the establishment of the evidence-based recommendation. A brief summary of the standards can be accessed here.
When a Clinical Practice Guideline or other clinical practice resource is finalized, ASCP works with its collaborators to design a communications and dissemination campaign to inform clinicians, laboratorians, and the public. Such information may include: videos for pathology, clinician and patient audiences; infographics of pertinent facts; major media distribution of expert-informed press releases; use of social media shares; TV/News interviews; and more.
