Practical guidelines and apps for improvement of guideline implementation

The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) presents a new series of “practical guidelines” based on previously published scientific guidelines. A first example of such a Practical Guideline has been completed and published recently (ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease), other will follow soon. The practical guidelines are generated by shortening and restructuring of the Scientific guidelines and by presenting the content using flow charts for a fast navigation through the content. The practical guidelines serve as templates for IT-based versions for the smartphone, tablet and PC, for lay versions and for translations into different languages. These efforts are part of a new guideline dissemination and implementation program ESPEN launched in 2018 also with support by the United European Gastroenterology society. First results are presented.