The Clinical Compass (originally the Council on Guidelines and Practice Parameters – CCGPP) has issued a call for interested chiropractic clinicians to help shape a new best practices guideline for chiropractic care of neck pain. The Delphi method will be utilized, meaning it will solicit "the opinions of experts [that means you] through a series of carefully designed questionnaires interspersed with information and opinion feedback in order to establish a convergence of opinion."
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The Clinical Compass explains the rationale underlying the necessity for this project as follows:
While we know Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's) are the holy grail of the research hierarchy, we also know that there is still a lot of work to do to understand our interventions and their subsequent outcomes for patients. Absence of evidence does NOT mean absence of effectiveness. The practical application? Recently two of the largest insurance companies made medical policy decisions EXCLUDING common treatments in a chiropractic office. Because there are no CPG's around these interventions, the insurance companies are inappropriately denying payment. A BPG [Best Practice Guideline] helps to solve these enormous injustices.
For additional information regarding this exciting opportunity, please review the following:
Note that if you are selected as a Delphi panel member, the entire time commitment will be 1-2 hours over the course of several weeks.
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