Title: Features and overview

Context:
The current document is an update to the 2010 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of  Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. The methodology used in developing the 2017 CPG follows the VA/DoD  Guideline for Guidelines,[1] an internal document of the VA and DoD EBPWG. The VA/DoD Guideline for  Guidelines can be downloaded from http://www.healthquality.va.gov/policy/index.asp. This document  provides information regarding the process of developing guidelines, including the identification and  assembly of the Guideline Champions (“Champions”) and other subject matter experts from within the VA  and DoD, known as the “Work Group,” and ultimately, the development and submission of an updated OT  CPG. The VA Office of Quality, Safety and Value, in collaboration with the Office of Evidence Based  Practice, U.S. Army Medical Command, the proponent for CPGs for the DoD, identified two clinical leaders, Jack Rosenberg, MD, FASAM from the VA and Christopher Spevak, MD, MPH, JD from the DoD, as  Champions for the 2017 CPG.

Question: What methodology was used in developing the 2017 CPG?

Answer: the VA/DoD  Guideline for Guidelines,[1] an internal document of the VA and DoD EBPWG