Expert Commentaries: Promoting Transparent and Actionable Clinical Practice Guidelines: Viewpoint from the National Guideline Clearinghouse/National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NGC/NQMC) Editorial Board

eg:

"..........The NGC/NQMC Editorial Board recommends avoiding vague or ambiguous recommendation statements (such as "Physicians may offer…" or "When possible…").

Recommendation statements containing vague or ambiguous language and expressions are not actionable, at least not consistently. This problem fosters subjective and potentially erroneous interpretation and thus can impede decision-making.

* Example:

  ..."Frequency of follow-up visits is based on the severity of disease presentation, etiology, and treatment.