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Panel Presentations

Care Equity, Quality, and Safety

Adapting Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Digital Age: A Feasibility Study

Sunday, October 12, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Location: 138
Disclosure(s):
David E. Tunkel, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Margo K. McKenna, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Seth R. Schwartz, MD, MPH:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The AAO-HNSF Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) are the most downloaded and cited evidence-based articles in our Journal. Yet, translation into practice is paramount to improving quality. Enter the digital age. While the evidence-to-practice time gap has somewhat improved in the past 20 years, a computable CPG can accelerate this trend by increasing adoption of guidelines by health care providers. In order to stay on the forefront, we embarked on a feasibility study with the CPG on Menieres. The goals of the feasibility study were to: apply a recently published integrated process currently for a computable CPG during the guideline update process; assess readiness utilizing the CPG-FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) Knowledge Level Checklists; and perform a qualitative assessment of feasibility including opportunities and challenges through key stakeholder interviews.

The target audience includes otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons who are interested in innovations in CPG development.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Explore how the digital age challenges us to strategically reconsider the gap between evidence generation and its implementation in clinical practice .

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Conduct a feasibility study and integrate a process for a computable CPG workflow using the current CPG on Menieres.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Present future opportunities to streamline processes utilizing AI to showcase development of a living guideline and decrease evidence-to-practice time gap.

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: The purpose is to assess the integration of technology and innovation into the CPG development framework, a step toward integrating computable CPG into otolaryngology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of dissemination and implementation, and eventually dynamic living guidelines.

Comprehensive Otolaryngology Track Statement :

    Moderator(s)

  • MM

    Maria Michaels

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Panelist(s)

  • DT

    David E. Tunkel, MD

    Director Emeritus, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Children's Center
    Johns Hopkins Otolaryngology
    Baltimore, MD, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • MM

    Margo K. McKenna, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
    University Otolaryngology Associates/ University of Rochester
    Rochester, NY, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • SS

    Seth R. Schwartz, MD, MPH

    Section Head for Otolaryngology/HNS
    Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
    Seattle, WA, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.