Phase II of the AHCPR-Sponsored Heart Failure Guideline: Translating Practice Recommendations into Review Criteria

In 1992, RAND assembled an expert panel to develop the Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guideline. Phase II of the effort was intended to identify which of the guideline's recommendations the panel felt were suitable for use in retrospective utilization review and quality assessment programs and to develop review criteria, performance measures, and standards of quality for use in monitoring compliance with those recommendations.