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At the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) 2025 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, leading experts presented findings today from a pioneering feasibility study exploring how clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) can be adapted for the digital age through computable formats. The session, titled Adapting Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Digital Age: A Feasibility Study," showcased innovative approaches to accelerating the translation of evidence-based medicine into clinical practice. "Ultimately, what we'd really like to be able to do is integrate the concept of digitization into the guidelines as we move forward so that when the guideline is completed, not only do we have a paper guideline, but we also have a computable, executable form of it that we can then share and distribute. "From a day-to-day perspective, it would be nice not to have to memorize all the guidelines and to have the EMR pop up with a note that says, 'It sounds like this patient meets the criteria for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis."