Submission of Clinical Guidelines
Do you know of Clinical Management Practices, Clinical Standards or Best Practices which you currently observe that vary widely at Winn ACH. If you have noticed a wide variety of treatments in an area of your expertise, which appear to be for the same clinical situation, please consider submitting a proposal for standardizing the management wherever possible. We encourage you to submit these in the electronic template proposal format as a Microsoft Word document or PDF. As Clinical Standards are approved, they will be published to the Winn Army Community Hospital website.
Reminders will appear electronically in several areas to direct providers to these Clinical Guidelines, and after a transition period all providers will be expected to comply with these standards when the clinical situation dictates. These standards are intended to make our practice of medicine more universally a “best practice” as well as improve efficiency. If you have comments or questions please contact the administrator regarding the process of proposal submission.
Download the Template for Submission of a “Clinical Guideline”!
The Winn Army Community Hospital – Referral Guidelines are documents developed by primary care physicians and specialists to facilitate the process of referral from primary care portals to specialty care. These guidelines can also be used as a tool to ensure better use of resources by adjusting the threshold for referral, depending on specific types of care.
It should be stressed that the Winn Army Community Hospital – Referral Guidelines are only only tools for the provider. The ultimate judgment regarding the appropriateness of any specific therapy or referral must be made by the physician in light of all circumstances presented by an individual patient. Referral guidelines are indexed on separate pages by alphabetical order or by specialty to facilitate finding the one you are looking for. Each index page also includes a search tool.
Winn Army Community Hospital – Referral Guidelines are uniformly formatted to include:
- Diagnosis/Definition
- Initial Diagnosis and Management
- Ongoing Management and Objectives
- Indications for Specialty Care
- Criteria for Return to Primary Care
The care provider may use these guidelines to help determine the best approach to treatment of patients, as well as when to refer to a specialist. If the patient’s diagnosis meets the criteria for specialty care referral, then strong consideration should be given for consultation with the appropriate specialty care clinic. The primary care provider should make note of the “criteria for return to primary care.“
