 compliance and adherence to clinical guidelines compliance and adherence to clinical guidelines 55 admin mon 10142019 1833 description of the extent to the initiative project complies with clinical guidelines the indicator provides a starting point to analyze whether the research process is being responsible by fulfilling the basic requirement of complying with clinical guidelines to guarantee the adequate treatment of patients additional qualitative clinical guidelines   statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options institute of medicine 1990 initiative project s internal data desk analysis database and interviews case studies provide a narrative description of the extent to the initiative project complies with clinical guidelines free text process n a annually annually although the indicator informs about the compliance with clinical guidelines it does not offer assurance of compliance level other limitations are the difficulty and cost of data collection no banzi r moja l pistotti v facchini a liberati a 2011 conceptual frameworks and empirical approaches used to assess the impact of health research an overview of reviews  health research policy and systems   9  1 26 see table 2 available at  https linkspringercom article 10118614784505926   clinical guidelines 