Disclaimer
The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) is an international not-for-profit association of organisations and individuals involved in clinical practice guidelines. G-I-N is formally constituted as a Scottish Guarantee Company under Company Number SC243691 and recognised as a Scottish Charity under Scottish Charity Number SCO347047 with its Registered Office at J. & H. Mitchell W.S., 51 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5BY, Scotland.
Purpose and Background
This website is an important component of G-I-N's overall goal to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration.
The cost of running and maintaining the website is fully funded by the annual membership fees of the G-I-N members.
The website's content is monitored and edited by the Website content/Editorial steering group that includes the Webmaster, Inga König, AEZQ (DE) and the Executive Officer Magali Remy-Stockinger, NEHL (NO).
Part of the G-I-N´s website content is available to the general public, part is password-protected and for members only. The public sections provide general information about the G-I-N organisation, provide details of its member organisations and on how to become a member, list news and events/activities and provide links to other related websites. The member sections provide a database of guideline programmes developed by G-I-N members and networking opportunities.
Intended Audience
The content presented on this website is intended primarily for the following audiences:
- Organisations and individuals involved in developing, disseminating, implementing, or evaluating clinical practice guidelines or otherwise active in the field of clinical practice guidelines
- Physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and provider organisations
- Health plans, health systems, health care organisations, hospitals, and integrated health care delivery systems
- Medical specialty and professional societies
- Researchers
- National, regional and local government health care policymakers
- Consumers
Any non-health professionals (e.g., patients/consumers) accessing this site should understand that the information presented is intended and designed for the use of the expert audiences previously identified. Patients/consumers should always seek assistance from a health care professional in interpreting these materials and applying them in individual cases.
Disclaimer
While the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) has attempted to make the information on this website as accurate as possible, it makes no warranties concerning the content of the website or the clinical efficacy of the clinical practice guidelines and related materials that are linked to from this website. G-I-N endeavours to keep the information on this site updated on a regular basis, but there is no guarantee given as to the accuracy or currency of any individual item on the website at any time.
The information on this website is for personal, educational and/or professional use only and is provided in good faith without any express or implied warranty. G-I-N does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by use of the information contained on the website nor from any access to the website. All access and use is at the risk of the end-user.
G-I-N has also provided hypertext links to a number of other websites as a service to the end-users of this website. This service does not imply in any way that G-I-N endorses these websites or the material contained in them. Users who link to another site are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. G-I-N is not responsible for the use of a hypertext link for which a commercial charge applies. Individual users are responsible for any charges that their use may incur.
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G-I-N Office
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Phone: +49 (0)30 / 4005-2501/-2504
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Email: office@g-i-n.net
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