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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

The CPG: Hoarseness (Dysphonia) Update published in 2018. The Work Group met in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2016 and included: Top row from left: Helene J. Krouse, PhD, RN; Cecelia Damask, DO; German P. Digoy, MD; Rita R. Patel, PhD, CCC-SLP; Daniel R. Ouellette, MD; Charlie W. Reavis, DMA; Scott McCoy, DMA; Steven R. Strode, MD, MED, MPH; Peak Woo, MD; Marshall E. Smith, MD; and Libby J. Smith, DO; Bottom row from left: David O. Francis, MD, MS; Seth R. Schwartz, MD, MPH; Robert J. Stachler, MD; and Lorraine Nnacheta, MPH

Clinical Practice Guidelines / Clinical Consensus Statements / Expert Consensus Statements The multidisciplinary AAO-HNSF CPGs developed during this timeframe were endorsed by many medical and surgical societies, received national attention in the media, and were rated by the National Guideline Clearinghouse. Moreover, the CPGs continued to provide the foundation for quality measure development for AAO-HNSF and other physician societies. Twice a year the Guideline Task Force (GTF) issued a call for topics for future publications. Topics and rationale were submitted by committees, individual members, specialty societies, and even the public. The GTF met twice a year to review the clinical relevance and urgency of each topic and then voted on those proposed topics with the ones with the highest rating added to the queue for development. In the case of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations, this topic was expedited to address the growing opioid use disorder epidemic. In addition, this CPG was unique in that it was a specialty-specific CPG with the main audience the otolaryngology-head and neck surgery

time and expertise of the Reg-ent CACs and member volunteers serving on the measure development work groups. “Through this work we will maintain our role in defining quality for the specialty and ensuring appropriate reimbursement for the services we provide,” said Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, Coordinator for Research and Quality, in the 125th Special Issue of the Bulletin . At this writing, AAO-HNSF has developed 22 specialty-specific measures that include patient centered care, best practice, and safe and efficient care. Moving forward, the Academy will continue to blend the needs of the profession, the desires of the patients, and the requests from payers into meaningful measures for the otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons and their patients. Going forward it will be critical to maintain the current mix of academic and private practice participants to adequately represent the diverse patient populations the specialty serves. The Academy will integrate the social determinants of health data points with multiple sources of data, including cost, to achieve a complete picture of value-based healthcare.

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