Practice Guidelines

Searches

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  Structured summaries of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from esteemed medical professional organizations. Users can compare guideline target populations, review methods, and quality of evidence. Links to full text. The resource is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and supported by the American Medical Association and others.

News

• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Newsroom
  News updates from a US government agency that examines evidence-based information on healthcare outcomes. Focuses on the quality, cost, use, and access of interventions. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Research Activities of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  Summaries of research findings from studies supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Full Text / MultiMedia

• AHRQ Evidence Reports
  Historic and current, disciplined, government-sponsored, multi-center consensus reports that establish the quality and efficacy of health care interventions. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Journals

• NHS Health Technology Assessment Publications (U.K.)
  Documents that address the cost effectiveness and efficacy of various therapies. Geared toward clinicians in the United Kingdom. UK National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment.
• Medical Assessment & Outcomes Journals at Medbioworld
  A comprehensive directory of weblinks for journals in this specialty.

Major Sites / Home Pages

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  A U.S. agency that promotes the implementation of practice guidelines and supports research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Practice Guidelines / FAQs

• Clinical Consensus Reports
  Consensus panel statements for outcome effective and evidence-based patient management. Thomson American Health Consultants, Inc.
• Madigan Army Medical Center Clinical Standards
  Clinical Standards on various disease states and conditions are formatted to include: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Metrics, Key Points, Provider Tools, Patient Education, and the Core Document. Madigan Army Medical Center.
• NELH Full-text Guideline Collection (UK)
  This guidelines database holds details of 447 UK national guidelines with links to Internet downloadable versions of the guidelines and full text if available. Presented by the UK's National electronic Library for Health in collaboration with Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge.
• Referral Guidelines for Primary Care at Madigan Army Medical Center
  Guidelines are formatted to include: diagnosis/definition, initial diagnosis and management, ongoing management objectives, indications for specialty care referral, and criteria for return to primary care. Madigan Army Medical Center .
• Aetna U.S. Healthcare's Coverage Policy Bulletins
  A directory of statements that serve as a guide in determining health care coverage for members. CPBs are written on selected clinical issues, especially addressing new technologies, new treatment approaches, and procedures. Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc.
• Alberta Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
  Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines with an emphasis on the Canadian healthcare system. Alberta Medical Association.
• American Family Physician Algorithms
  A collection of full text articles and schematic presentations of logical and cost effective steps for the management of common disorders. These materials were previously published in the American Family Physician journal. American Academy of Family Physicians.
• CATBank Critically Appraised Topics at Oxford
  Summaries of systemic evaluations of the medical literature regarding important clinical practice issues. University of Oxford.
• Clinical Guidelines of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba
  REG The college's statements and guidelines with regard to the management of various conditions. Includes principles of care, procedure indications, institutional competence, required caseload, provider certification, etc. Free registration. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
• Clinical Guidelines of the eMedical Journal of Australia
  Statements, published by the Medical Journal of Australia, that represent consensus opinions of experts based on systematic review of the scientific literature. Medical Journal of Australia.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines (Australia)
  A compendium of clinical guidelines produced by Australian authors from the Clinical Information Access Program of Australia.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines at Royal Children's Hospital
  Emergency paediatric guidelines that detail the initial assessment and management of many common (and some rare but important) conditions that present to doctors who see acutely unwell and injured children. .
• Clinical Practice Guidelines from the eCanadian Medical Association Journal
  Up-to-date Canadian clinical practice guidelines from the eCMAJ.
• Critically Appraised Topics Index at UNC
  Critical examinations of the validity of management techniques for commonly encountered clinical problems. University of North Carolina .
• Evidence-Based Pediatrics at U Michigan
  Current summaries of evidence from medical literature regarding pediatric issues. University of Michigan Health System.
• Ft. Carson Practice Guidelines Index
  Paragraph size briefs that cover guideline definition, initial diagnosis and management, ongoing management objectives, indications for specialty care referral, criteria for return to primary care.
• Guidelines and Protocols at British Columbia
  Recommendations for physicians' use of diagnostic tests and the management of clinical conditions. PDF format. British Columbia Ministry of Health .
• ICSI Health Care Guidelines
  Guideline algorithms, recommended steps and actions, flow charts, and descriptive tables that assist clinicians by providing an analytical framework for the evaluation and treatment of common disorders. The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement provides health care quality improvement services to 45 medical organizations in Minnesota. PDf format.
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence Clinical Guidelines
  This is the website for an organization, supported by the UK's National Health Service, that offers the public authoritative, robust, and reliable guidance on current best practice. The website distributes current clinical care guidelines. Includes version for visually imapired. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).
• Premera Clinical Practice Guidelines
  Continuously-reviewed guidelines developed by Washington physicians to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Promotes best practices and excellence in patient care.
• Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines from UCSF
  REG A directory of web-based resources that includes evidence-based consensus guidelines, protocols, practice parameters, primary articles, and review articles. Free registration. Peter Sam, MD.
• Primary Care Electronic Library Guidelines Database
  A database of United Kingdom oriented clinical practice guidelines.
• Prodigy Clinical Practice Guidelines System
  REG This major UK-based project offers practice guidelines for the practicing clinician. It presents disease specific background information, appropriate interventions, diagnostic steps, investigations, effective therapeutic measures, and prevention strategies. Crown Copyright Reserved. Free registration.
• Technology Assessment Reports from ICSI
  Full text reports on innovation in medicine collected by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement which provides health care quality improvement services to 45 medical organizations in Minnesota.
• Best Practice Information Sheets at Joanna Briggs Institute (Australia)
  Evaluations of evidence for clinical interventions derived from experience, expertise and rigorous research.
• Canadian Health Technology Assessments
  REG Critical evaluations of devices, equipment, procedures and drugs regarding safety, effectiveness, and utilization. Offers executive summaries and full-text documents in PDF format. Restricted registration or content areas. Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines at Vermont
  Cost analyses and policy and treatment recommendations for cesarean sections, post-operative infections, diabetes, otitis media, etc. as part of a project to effect statewide quality improvement. Vermont Program for Quality in Healthcare, Inc. and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• CMA Infobase Clinical Practice Guidelines
  Disease management clinical guidelines produced by Canadian medical organizations, professional societies, government agencies, or expert panels. CMA Infobase is collected and presented online by the Canadian Medical Association. In English and French. Canadian Medical Association.
• Health Services Technology Assessment Text from NLM
  HSTAT is a searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information. Many of the documents result from government- sponsored consensus building expert meetings. The site is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
• M & R CareWeb Clinical Guidelines from Milliman&#A0;USA
  $  REG Regularly-updated evidence-based best practice guidelines across the continuum of care developed by a team of physicians and health professionals. Free registration. Subscription fee. Free trial. Milliman USA, Inc.
• MDConsult Practice Guidelines
  $  REG Search access to full-text clinical guidelines from MDConsult publications, government-sponsored guidelines, and Medline guideline abstracts. Fee registration. Mosby, W.B. Saunders Company , Lippincott Williams & Wilkins et al. Fee registration. Free trial. Mosby, W.B. Saunders Company, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins et al.
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
  Summaries of the rationale for quality measurements for healthcare interventions. Examples: "Lipid measurement in Children", "Immunization in Diabetics", etc.
• Practice Guidelines at Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Provide physicians with clear guidelines for screening as well as clinical pathways for risk counseling, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
  Guidelines for the management of common disorders published for use by the health service in Scotland. SIGN selects guideline topics on the basis of the burden of disease, evidence of variation in practice and the potential to improve outcome. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.
• Clinical Protocols at Ashford and St. Peter\s Hospitals
  Current clinical protocols relating to various aspects of care at Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust.They are written for clinical staff only and no procedures should be carried out by untrained or unsupervised individuals. As with all other information on this website, the Trusts disclaimer applies.
• Guideline Library of the New Zealand Guidelines Group
  Presents best practice guidelines categorized by specialty. PDF format. New Zealand Guidelines Group at Auckland.
• American Medical Directors Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
  $ Clinical Practice Guidelines specifically for use in long term care settings. Fee transactions.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse Guideline Syntheses
  Syntheses of selected clinical practice guidelines that cover important topic areas. Each synthesis includes the scope of the guidelines, the interventions and practices considered, the major recommendations and the corresponding rating schemes and strength of the evidence, the areas of agreement, and the areas of disagreement.
• CareGroup (Boston) Medical Portal Clinical Guidelines
  CareGroup, a Boston health-care provider, offers a limited collection of its institution specific clinical practice guidelines. The site also demonstrates inter-hospital networked patient records and data sharing. CareGroup Medical Portal .
• Clinical Practice Guidelines at Care Choices HMO
  Guidelines are sent to all Care Choices HMO primary care physicians and physicians in relevant specialties. Each CPG is reviewed minimally every two years for changes in evidenced-based national standards and revised as appropriate. Care Choices HMO
• Clinical Practice Guidelines at Texas Southwestern
  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
• Critically Appraised Topics at U Rochester Med. Center
  A library of specialty categorized summaries of the medical literature that critically examine the validity of management techniques for commonly encountered clinical problems. University of Rochester Medical Center.
• EBM Solutions- Evidence`Based Medicine
  $  REG Licensable practice guidelines, referenced medical evidence, interactive tools for assessing diet, and risk factors. Web-based analytical tools that enable physicians to track patient-reported data and compare their patients to other patient populations. Supported by an array of Academic Medical Centers. Fee registration. Subscription fee. Oregon Health Sciences University, Duke, Washington, et al.
• eGuidelines of the United Kingdom
  $  REG A registration-access, three-times yearly handbook, published in the United Kingdom, that summarises clinical guidelines for primary care. Provides examples of good clinical practice and practical steps to improve patient care. Medendium Group Publishing Ltd. Fee registration. Medendium Group Publishing Ltd.

CME

• Clinical Guidelines CME at Michigan
  Free continuing education opportunities that incorporate text, slides, and audio lectures to review the "preferred" management of common medical conditions. Presented online by the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Patient Education

• American Cancer Society`Treatment Guidelines for Patients
  REG Patient-oriented clinical practice guidelines collected by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Cancer Society. Free registration. National Comprehensive Cancer Network.