top of page
Welcome
The Agile Guidelines blog explores the application of Lean, DevOps, Agile 2 and other management frameworks and theories to healthcare guideline development programs.
Managing Costs, Complexities and Productive Capacity
First published: November 2022 Last updated: June 2023 Advances in the science of guideline development methodology continue raising the...
Jon Heald
Nov 23, 20226 min read
Delivering Timely Guidelines: Single PICO Flow
First published: September 2022 Last updated: June 2023 As a cornerstone to the continuous improvement of evidence-based medicine,...
Jon Heald
Sep 28, 20222 min read
The Tipping Point
Living guideline development is an innovation at the tipping point of major adoption; it is ready to cross the “chasm” of innovation...
Jon Heald
Aug 25, 20223 min read
Mechanism 3: Continual Learning & Experimentation
The objective of Mechanism 3 is to integrate continuous improvement practices into daily guideline development work. Continuous...
Jon Heald
Aug 21, 20223 min read
Mechanism 2: Feedback & Feedforward Loops
The objective of Mechanism 2 is to optimize the quality and reliability of work while maintaining or improving flow of the development...
Jon Heald
Aug 21, 20223 min read
Mechanism 1: Establish Flow
The objective of Mechanism 1 is to optimize the development process required to turn a PICO question into a clinical practice...
Jon Heald
Aug 21, 20223 min read
Agile Guideline Development Framework: an overview
The Agile Guideline Development Framework is a program management framework that can be used by guideline development organizations to...
Jon Heald
Aug 16, 20222 min read
A New Way: Agile Guidelines
Agile and Lean concepts used by software developers have already been applied to developing computerized practice guidelines intended to...
Jon Heald
Aug 16, 20222 min read
The Crisis in Guideline Development Organizations
Guideline developers have been working towards “living guidelines” for over two decades. The Guidelines International Network, an...
Jon Heald
Aug 16, 20223 min read
bottom of page