Understanding EGAPP
![1 Select Test Topic Products: Priortized topic lists](./process_html_files/step1.gif)
![2 Commission & Conduct Evidence Review Products: Evidence Reports & published/posted summaries](./process_html_files/step2.gif)
![3 Develop Evidence-Based Recommendation Statement Products: Peer-reviewed, published Recommendation Statements](./process_html_files/step3.gif)
![4 Disseminate EGAPP Products & Communicate Informational Messages to Stakeholders](./process_html_files/step4.gif)
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EGAPP consultants and CDC-based staff | ![]() |
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EWG who serve on the recommendation writing team | ![]() |
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Stakeholders and interested public | ![]() |
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Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPc) and other review groups | ![]() |
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Expert and /or peer reviewers | ![]() |
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Industry/test developer* invited comment on the final evidence report |
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![Step 1: Select Test Topic](./process_html_files/head_process_step1.gif)
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![Step 2: Commission & Conduct Evidence Review](./process_html_files/head_process_step2.gif)
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In some cases, the EWG may request additional information, analysis, or targeted review to address questions that arise as part of the development of the Recommendation Statement.
![Step 3: Develop Evidence-based Recommendation Statements](./process_html_files/head_process_step3.gif)
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![Step 4: Dissiminate EGAPP prodects and Communicate Informational Messages to Stakeholders](./process_html_files/head_process_step4.gif)
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For more information see EGAPP FAQs or CDC EGAPP Initiative.
Primary EGAPP products
Commissioned evidence reports
- Posted on EWG website or Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website
EWG Recommendation Statements
- Published in peer-reviewed journal
- Free web access to article
- Journal may issue press release
EWG website
- Open access
Secondary EGAPP products
Announcements of EGAPP initiative primary products and other updates (CDC-based EGAPP staff)
- Posted on the website of the CDC Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG), which supports the EGAPP initiative.
- Posted on the EWG website
- Distributed by e-mail across CDC and to EGAPP stakeholder list (approximately 400 genetic testing stakeholder organizations and individuals)
EGAPP informational messages incorporated into translational materials for providers and consumers (CDC-based EGAPP staff, ESG)
- Posted on CDC OPHG web pages
- Disseminated by various means through diverse EGAPP Stakeholders Group organizations
CDC Press Statements related to EGAPP (CDC-based EGAPP staff and CDC press office)
- Posted on CDC web pages for Media
EGAPP initiative web pages on CDC website (CDC-based EGAPP staff)
- Posted on CDC OPHG web pages
EGAPP initiative posters and presentations (CDC EGAPP staff, EWG, ESG)
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