Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Contracts Management Staff, Executive Office Center, Suite 601, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852

R -- DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE SOL AHCPR-97-0005 POC Al Deal, (301) 594-1445, ext. 1172 The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research seeks to contract for the development and implementation of a National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) that will be a comprehensive electronic repository for clinical practice guidelines and related materials. The functions of the NGC will be four-fold: 1) make widely available, through Internet access and HyperLink to other electronic access points, a comprehensive relational database of abstracts and, where possible, full-text clinical practice guidelines; 2) describe attributes of individual clinical practice guidelines contained within the database; 3) compare and contrast clinical practice guidelines on similar topics; and 4) make available other guideline-related material, including products from AHCPR supported Evidence-based Practice Centers. The Contractor will address six significant challenges in the development of a National Guideline Clearinghouse: 1) identify the major audiences for a National Guideline Clearinghouse and their unique needs; 2) provide an electronic platform for constructing the National Guideline Clearinghouse that is both versatile and expandable so that it can accommodate the varied needs of National Guideline Clearinghouse users while allowing for expansion as the need arises; 3) identify clinical practice guideline developers and solicit and collect a comprehensive accumulation of clinical practice guidelines; 4) abstract individual clinical practice guidelines; 5) compare guidelines covering similar topic areas listing major interventions addressed and areas of agreement and disagreement; and 6) develop a taxonomy scheme for easy searching and retrieval of guidelines contained in the database. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. Telefax requests for the solicitation will be accepted at (301) 443-7523. Persons or organizations who have requested and received a copy of the prototype will automatically receive a copy of this solicitation. It is expected that this solicitation will be made available on or after fifteen (15) days from the date of this synopsis. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this office. (0136)

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