What policies and methods are used by the ACC and AHA to ensure that documents are developed without bias or improper influence?
The ACC and AHA have rigorous policies and methods to ensure that documents are developed without bias or improper influence. These include selecting experts from a broad array of backgrounds, representing different geographic regions, sexes, races, ethnicities, intellectual perspectives/biases, and scopes of clinical practice. The ACC and AHA also have a policy on Relationships with Industry and Other Entities (RWI), which can be found online.