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Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines

Decision support incorporated into a clinical information system must be evidence-based and tailored to the needs of the individual users, whether they are primary care physicians or hospital intensivists, pediatricians or psychiatrists.

The following web pages contain evidence-based clinical guidelines as defined by leading medical organizations of the United States. These or other evidence-based guidelines must be used when defining the rules and algorithms of a Clinical Decision Support system.


General Guidelines

  • National Guideline Clearinghouse, NIH

Home Page [1] Index [2]

  • Women’s Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:

[3]

  • Pediatric Practice Guidelines, AAP:

[4]

  • Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association:

[5]

  • Adolescent Psychiatry, AACAP:

[6]

  • Guidelines, American College of Physicians:

[7]

  • Clinical Recommendations, American Academy of Family Physicians:

[8]

  • National Institute of Medicine Consensus Statements:

[9]

  • Evidence Based Practice, AHRQ:

[10]

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines, AHRQ:

[11]

  • OB/GYN, American College of OB/GYN: requires password
  • U.S. Preventative Service Task Force Guidelines:

Main Page: [12] Topic Index: [13]

  • A to Z Index, Center for Disease Control:

[http://www.cdc.gov/az.do ]

Condition Specific Guidelines

  • Adolescent Preventative Services: [15]
  • Asthma:

[16] [17]

  • Atrial Fibrillation, new onset: [18]
  • Cancer

[19] [20]

  • Cholesterol: : [21]
  • Health Supervision in Infants, Children and Adolescents, Bright Futures: [23]
  • Hypertension: [24]
  • Otitis Media: [25]
Margaret Donahue