[On the attractiveness, implementation and evaluation of guidelines].

Principles and conditions for guideline implementation and evaluation were the subject of a workshop organised by the German Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) and the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF). This report reflects contents and discussions and suggests possible future activities. The workshop highlighted the need for conceptual frameworks, theory-driven research and concerted strategies.

[Benchmarking in health care: conclusions and recommendations].

The German Health Ministry funded 10 demonstration projects and accompanying research of benchmarking in health care. The accompanying research work aimed to infer generalisable findings and recommendations. We performed a meta-evaluation of the demonstration projects and analysed national and international approaches to benchmarking in health care.