What are clinical guidelines?
The clinical guidelines provided are a selection of
evidence-based guidelines or 'treatment protocols' for medical
professionals treating injured workers in Queensland.
We compiled this selection to create a resource of
guidelines that have been successfully applied to practice. We
selected guidelines where:
- medical providers were consulted
- nurse and allied health providers identified relevant areas to
include
- medical specialty groups endorsed the guidelines
- an effective promotion program was used
- patient education brochures or fact sheets for general
practitioners to provide to their patients were developed
- an education strategy included the Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) program
- frameworks for evaluating the guidelines effectiveness were
developed ahead or simultaneously with the guidelines
themselves.
The guidelines include those used by other workers' compensation
jurisdictions and medical bodies.