Common data model-based real-world data for practical clinical practice guidelines: clinical pharmacology perspectives.

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are a set of statements systematically developed to assist healthcare professionals and decision makers to practice evidence-based medicine by promoting cost-effective interventions while discouraging ineffective, wasteful, or potentially harmful treatments [1]. CPGs can improve the consistency and quality of care by providing the gold standard, which also helps reduce variation in clinical practice [1]. To ensure the validity of CPGs, clinically important recommendations in CPGs need to be updated periodically as scientific evidence constantly expands and evolves [1].