From paper to digital pathway: WHO launches first ‘SMART Guidelines’ Format What are SMART guidelines? As countries increasingly invest in digital technologies for health system strengthening, SMART Guidelines constitute a practical approach to making global guidance more effective across all areas of health and wellbeing. They will support guideline developers, policy makers, technology teams, and health workers through the process of adapting and applying WHO global health and data recommendations to countries' existing -- and evolving -- digital systems. 'SMART' stands for Requirements-based, and Testable. The SMART Guideline approach includes documentation, procedures, and digital health tools, introduced in a new comment published in The Lancet Digital Health.