Practice Guidelines

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Professional Organizations and Associations

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Databases

• AccessMedicine
  https://proxy.hsc.unt.edu/login?url=http://www.accessmedicine.com
  An online source of biomedical information drawn from textbooks, drug guides, practice guidelines, patient education material, and health news. Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2007 is one of the many textbooks offered.
  
  
• Health Services Technology/Assessment Texts
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat
  HSTAT is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making. HSTAT's audience includes health care providers, health service researchers, policy makers, payers, consumers and the information professionals who serve these groups.
  
  
• MDConsult
  https://proxy.hsc.unt.edu/login?url=http://www.mdconsult.com
  

  One of the premier clinical resources, MDConsult is a searchable, full-text collection of 40 medical textbooks organized by specialty, 1,000 practice guidelines, 3,500 patient education handouts, drug information, CME, and news. Articles from over 50 clinical journals are also included.

  Login/password required.
  
  

• MEDLINE (on OVIDSp)   or    MEDLINE (on PubMED)
  MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
  
  
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  

  http://www.guideline.gov/
  The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. The NCG is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Virtual Technical Reports Center
  http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html
  The Virtual Technical Reports Center, maintained by the University of Maryland, lists institutions that provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web.  This site also contains links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. 

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Professional Organizations and Associations

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgonline.htm

Between 1992 and 1996, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) sponsored development of a series of 19 clinical practice guidelines. Each guideline has several versions as listed: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quick Reference Guides for Clinicians, and Consumer Versions (English and Spanish). The Clinical Practice Guidelines Archive are maintained for archival purposes only.

• AIDSinfo 

http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues guidelines documents for the medical management of HIV infection and issues surrounding HIV infection. The guidelines documents are periodically reviewed and updated by panels of HIV experts.

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/clinicalrecs.html
  The American Academy of Family Physicians, one of the largest national medical organizations representing more than 94,000 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students nationwide, provides access to policy statements and clinical practice guidelines.
  
  
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  http://www.aahpm.org/clinguide.html
  The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care published Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care that guide the development and structure of new and existing palliative care services and promote high quality care.
  
  
• American Academy of Neurology
  http://www.aan.com/go/practice/guidelines
  The AAN develops clinical practice guidelines to assist its members in clinical decision making related to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of neurologic disorders. Each
  guideline makes specific practice recommendations based upon a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation of all available scientific data.

• American Academy of Pediatrics

http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/

The AAP Policy website provides links to evidence-based decision-making tools for managing common pediatric conditions in three categories: AAP Practice Guidelines, Endorsed Guidelines, and Affirmed Guidelines.

• American Association for Respiratory Care

http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/cpg_index.asp

The AARC provides evidence-based and expert panel clinical practice guidelines in .html and .pdf formats.

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  http://www.aace.com/pub/guidelines/
  AACE is a professional community of Clinical Endocrinologists that is committed to transforming the lives of patients by enabling one another to practice leading edge, proactive, ethical and cost-effective medicine. Clinical practice guidelines are in .pdf format and viewable on PDAs.

  
  
• American College of Cardiology

http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/statements.htm

Free access to and downloading of guidelines available, including Pocket Guidelines and PDA resources.

• American College of Gastroenterology

http://www.acg.gi.org/physicians/clinicalupdates.asp#guidelines
The ACG offers Clinical Updates through practice guidelines and research published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology and Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

  http://www.acoem.org/guidelines.aspx

  The ACOEM provides access to consensus opinions, evidence-based statements, guidelines, public comments, and reference materials pertaining to the health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments.
  
  

• American College of Physicians
  http://www.acponline.org/sci-policy/guidelines/
  ACP provides evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines covering many areas of internal medicine, including screening for cancer or other major diseases; diagnosis; treatment; and medical technology.
  
  
• American College of Rheumatology
  http://www.rheumatology.org/publications/guidelines/index.asp?aud=mem
  The American College of Rheumatology has developed practice guidelines for the purposes of reducing inappropriate care, controlling geographic variations in practice patterns, and making effective use of health care resources.

• American Diabetes Association
  http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr.jsp
  ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines are based on a complete review of the relevant literature by a diverse group of highly trained clinicians. After weighing the quality of evidence, from rigorous double-blind clinical trials to expert opinion, recommendations are submitted for approval to the ADA Executive Committee and revised on a regular basis. Current guidelines are available for download to PDA devices.  
  
  
• American Geriatrics Society
  http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/cp_index.shtml
  The AGS provides practice guidelines developed by a Clinical Practice Committee whose members are generally practicing clinicians from a variety of settings, including long term care, medical centers, group or private practice and managed care organizations.
  
  
• American Heart Association
  http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003999
  The American Heart Association publishes medical scientific statements and clinical practice guidelines on various cardiovascular disease and stroke topics. 
  
  
• American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine
  http://www.aoasm.org/pos_pap.cfm
  AOASM position papers are provided in .PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to viewthem.
  
  

• American Society of Anesthesiologists

  http://www.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/sgstoc.htm
  The American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient. Most of the standards, guidelines and statements are in .pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print.

   
  

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

http://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/content.do?name=02_PracticeResources/
02_PracticeResources_landing.htm

AWHONN's Practice Resources include clinical updates, position statements, standards and guidelines.

• Canadian Medical Association 

http://www.cmaj.ca/misc/service/guidelines.shtml

CMAJ is a general medical journal publishing original research and review articles, and practice updates, as well as clinical practice guidelines organized by topic.

• Federation of Texas Psychiatry

http://www.txpsych.org/practiceguidelines.htm

The Federation of Texas Psychiatry unites Texas' professional psychiatric organizations, including the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association, and represents about 45,000 physicians in Texas united in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.

• Infectious Diseases Society of America

  http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=9088

  Standards, practice guidelines, and statements developed and/or endorsed by IDSA includes original and updated versions of documents, some are also available for download to PDAs.
  
  

• National Association of Medical Examiners

  http://thename.org/

index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=38&Itemid=26

NAME is the national professional organization of physician medical examiners, medical death investigators and death investigation system administrators who perform the official duties of the medicolegal investigation of deaths of public interest in the United States. Position papers and statements are available to view and download.

• National Center for Infectious Diseases
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/guidelines/guidelines_date.htm
  Selected evidence-based infectious disease guidelines for use in healthcare and public health settings. The listings are not encyclopedic; they include only those guidelines that NCID feels are of particular need or are often requested.

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/default.asp
  The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology are the recognized standard for clinical policy in the oncology community. These guidelines are updated continually and are based upon evaluation of scientific data integrated with expert judgment by multidisciplinary panels of expert physicians from NCCN Member Institutions.

  
  

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute  

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/index.htm

NHLBI's website provides clinical practice guidelines for selected topics including asthma and cholesterol.

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  http://library.hsc.unt.edu/researchtools/ResearchInstructionHelp.cfm
  A collection of instructional materials on the research process and the use of Lewis Library's research databases and other research tools. 

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