Software AMA Guides 6th edition
The new changes in the AMA Guides 6th
edition are as follow
according to AMA:
AMA Evidence-based
Approach:
• Historically,
numerical ratings for organ system and whole person impairment are based
largely on consensus and expert opinion.
• Evidence base
for impairment percentages assignable to ICF functional levels must wait further
empirical testing.
• Current
literature consulted to ensure evidence based
approach for diagnoses
used to determine consensus-based impairment ratings.
• Normative
judgments that are not data driven tend to follow precedent and must await
future validation studies.
Rating percentages derived according to the AMA Guides
must be functionally-based, whenever possible.
- patient functional
history can be assessed according to basic ADLs
- self-report functional assessment tools also available
and applicable
AMA
Guides
must
stress conceptual and methodological congruity within and between organ system
ratings.
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