Information Resources

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

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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: :
• Diabetes: [21]

• Health Supervision in Infants, Children and Adolescents, Bright Futures: [22]

• Hypertension:
• Otitis Media: [23]

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

Margaret Donahue