Practice Guidelines

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Commentary

Legal Risks of clinical practice guidelines (American Journal of Gastroenterology 2008)

Progress in Evidence Based Medicine (JAMA 10-15-2008)

The Disconnect Between Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice--Stressed Out (JAMA 10-15- 2008)

Why Guideline Making Requires Reform (JAMA 2-11-2009)

General

National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.ngc.gov/

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/USpstfix.htm

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Evidence Based Practice http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpg.htm

Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center http://www.ebmny.org/cpg.html

Health Services/Technology Assessment Text http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/index.htm

NIH Consensus Development Program http://consensus.nih.gov/

Allergy and Immunology

American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/members/resources/practice_guidelines/

Anesthesiology

American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/sgstoc.htm

Cardiology

American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/statements.htm

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2158

Colorectal Surgery

American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://www.fascrs.org/

Endocrinology

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists http://www.aace.com/pub/guidelines/

American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr.jsp

The Endocrine Society http://www.endo-society.org/guidelines/

Family Practice

American Academy of Family Practice http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/clinicalrecs.html

Gastroenterology

American Gastroenterologic Association http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=4453

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.asge.org/PublicationsProductsIndex.aspx?id=352

American College of Gastroenterology http://www.gi.org/physicians/clinicalupdates.asp#guidelines

Geriatrics

American Geriatrics Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/cp_index.shtml

Gynecologic Oncology

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists http://www.sgo.org/content.aspx?id=734

Hepatology

American Association for the Study of Liver Disease http://www.aasld.org/practiceguidelines/Pages/default.aspx

Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease Society of America http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=9088

HIV Medicine Association http://www.hivma.org/Content.aspx?id=1922

Internal Medicine

American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/guidelines/current/

Long Term Care Medicine

American Medical Directors Association http://www.amda.com/tools/guidelines.cfm

Nephrology

National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/PROFESSIONALS/kdoqi/guidelines.cfm

Neurology

American Academy of Neurology http://www.aan.com/go/practice/guidelines

Obstetrics and Gynecology

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology http://www.acog.org/

Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology http://one.aao.org/CE/PracticeGuidelines/default.aspx

Oncology

American Society for Clinical Oncology http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCO/menuitem.56bbfed7341ace64e7cba5b4320041a0/?vgnextoid=c909201eb61a7010VgnVCM100000ed730ad1RCRD&ID=ILC-VU-GENERAL&attr=guidelines

National Comprehensive Cancer Network http://www.nccn.org/

Orthopedic Surgery

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery http://www.aaos.org/Research/guidelines/guide.asp

Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/

Pulmonary

American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/education/hsp/guidelinesProducts.php

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation http://www.aapmr.org/hpl/clinpath.htm

Psychiatry

American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/PsychiatricPractice/PracticeGuidelines_1.aspx

Radiology

American College of Radiology http://www.acr.org/secondarymainmenucategories/quality_safety/guidelines.aspx

Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.scvir.org/clinical/

Rheumatology

Rheumatology American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/publications/guidelines/index.asp

Thoracic Surgery

Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/resources/practiceguidelines/

Tobacco Cessation

Office of the Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/

Urology

American Urologic Association http://www.auanet.org/content/guidelines-and-quality-care/clinical-guidelines.cfm