English – Guideline (CPG) Summaries

Dutch Institute of Expertise for Oral Healthcare

The Kennisinstituut Mondzorg (KIMO) is a not for profit foundation that contributes to a higher level of quality in the professional practice of oral healthcare within the Netherlands. At this moment the focus lies in the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines and quality measurement tools.

The KIMO was founded in 2016 by the Federatie Tandheelkundig Wetenschappelijke Verenigingen (FTWV) (the Federation of Dental Scientific Associations) and the Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij tot bevordering der Tandheelkunde (KNMT) (the Royal Dutch Dental Association).

Management and Agency

The KIMO has a management, and a supervisory board . The representatives of these institutions are experienced professionals, selected on the basis of their expertise. A small but active and effective agency is available for the organisation and coordination of activities.

Development of guidelines and quality

In accordance with the ‘Wet kwaliteit, klachten en geschillen zorg (Wkkgz)’, the Dutch law pertaining to Quality, Complaints and Disputes in healthcare that was introduced in 2016, oral healthcare providers in the Netherlands are obligated by law to provide quality healthcare; safe, efficient, effective and client-oriented care that complies with the professional standards.

The KIMO support professionals in the further improvement of oral healthcare and the professionalisation of this care. Our guidelines satisfy the requirements of Evidence-Based Guideline Development. This means that the study was performed according to the highest scientific quality requirements and the practical requirements of daily (clinical) professional practice.

In order to achieve this, colleagues from this sector collaborate under the KIMO umbrella with specialised guideline experts (methodologists) and parties, such as:

Collaboration is also sought with the Kennisinstituut Federatie Medisch Specialisten (KIMS) (Federation of Institutes of Expertise for Medical Specialists) and the Nederlands Huisartsengenootschap (NHG) (Dutch College of General Practitioners).

The quality of the guidelines is systematically assessed on the basis of the AGREE-instrument. AGREE stands for Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation. (www.agreetrust.org). AGREE defines quality as ‘being able to trust that sources of bias have been limited as much as possible during development and that recommendations are valid both internally and externally and that these are feasible in practice’.

The guidelines must satisfy the requirements of the assesment framework of  Zorginstituut Nederland (National Health Care Institute) in order to be admitted to the register of national quality standards, information standards and measurement tools. One of the requirements for admission to the register is that the guideline is also approved by Zorgverzekeraars Nederland (Dutch Health Insurers) and by the  Patiëntenfederatie (Netherlands Patients Federation).

Guideline (CPG) Summaries

In close consultation with all stakeholders the following guideline summaries have been drawn up:

Contact
We have created this website in such a manner that the answers to many of the questions that arise amongst oral healthcare providers, can be found here. Needless to say, it is not possible to be exhaustive. If something is not clear to you or you wish to extend some advice? Please contact us, preferably by email: info@hetkimo.nl