NORMA (NICE-ONS Recommendation Matching Algorithm)

In NICE, the surveillance team is responsible for assessing whether any new evidence impacts on the existing guideline recommendations. With over 300 guidelines, each containing hundreds of recommendations as well as other textual information, this is no small task. One key element of the guideline review process is the identification of overlapping content. NICE needs to make sure that it is consistent in its recommendations and there are no contradictions between guidelines. Checking related guidelines is a ma...

The decision made by the tool does not directly affect the public. It's used to improve the efficiency of our internal checks. The information provided by NORMA is supplemented with institutional and historical knowledge from human experts. Any operational discrepancy are reported to NICE's Digital team who maintain the tool.

Dataset consists of previous surveillance queries and their associated recommendations.