Establishment of Clinical Policy Making in Iran

The worldwide increase in the cost of health services has now become a shared concern for all health managers and experts. Regarding the limited allocatable resources to hygiene and treatment systems and numerous needs in this section, both the politicians and the consumers have to look for the most optimum strategies available. This present study aims to elaborate on how a clinical policy-making module was formed and to discuss its main activities since 2011. The data used in this review study is based on evidence, recorded information, and reports. The very fact that the authors of this article are members of a clinical guidelines standardization and codification bureau can approve for the reliability of the gathered data. Evidence-based scientific products such as guidelines for clinical practice and diagnostic/therapeutic clinical policies that aid health care providers in correct decision-making are currently regarded as an organized set of the latest and most authentic scientific evidences and hold an important position in health service systems.