2021 Reflections Before a Big Year Ahead

 From all of us at the U.S. GRADE Network, thanks for making 2021 a year to remember.

• We hosted our 14th and 15th workshops virtually - meaning we had the joy of talking GRADE with 95 attendees from many corners of the world, including Spain, Argentina, Pakistan, and Peru.
• We co-published an international needs assessment of guideline-producing organizations in collaboration with the Guidelines International Network.
• We announced our first ever two-day comprehensive systematic review workshop scheduled to be held virtually this coming February 1-2. Learn more and register here.
• And we continue to look forward to hosting our 16th guideline development workshop, once again live and in person, from June 29-July 1, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. Registration now open.

GRADE faculty take a moment to pose for a picture with some attendees of the fall 2021 virtual guideline development workshop.

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Thanks again for an excellent year, and our best and brightest wishes for a brilliant 2022.

Announcing the U.S. GRADE Network!

The GRADE Working Group was established in 2000 "as an informal collaboration of people with an interest in addressing the shortcomings of present grading systems in health care. The working group has developed a common, sensible and transparent approach to grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations."
Fifteen years and hundreds of publications later, the GRADE approach for evidence assessment and recommendation development has been adopted by over 90 international organizations. In order to facilitate the adoption and tailor development of guideline methods to audiences in the U.S., we established the U.S. GRADE Network in 2014.

The U.S. GRADE Network aims to provide regular workshops on guideline development using the GRADE approach, as well as collaborate with U.S.-based individuals and organizations interested in exploring research priorities within the healthcare system. We will also work to connect individuals and professional societies interested in developing guidelines with trained methodologists to support and guide the process.

We look forward to collaborating with you!