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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

• ADHD: [14]

• Adolescent Preventative Services: [15]

• Asthma: [16] [17]

• Atrial Fibrillation, new onset: [18]

• Cancer [19] [20]

• Cholesterol: : [21]

• Diabetes: [22]

• Health Supervision in Infants, Children and Adolescents, Bright Futures: [23]

• Hypertension: [24]

• Otitis Media: [25]

• Obesity: [26]

• Kidney Disease [http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/professionals/clinical_practice_guidelines.htm