Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Provides evidence-based health information for consumers, patients, and health professionals. Provides links to the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, and to recommendations for clinical preventive services, including the latest recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Includes information in Spanish (información en español). Format: Website    Provider: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

CDC Recommends: The Prevention Guidelines System

Gives public health practitioners quick access to the most current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations and guidelines for the prevention, control, treatment and detection of infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, intentional and unintentional injuries and disabilities, and other public health conditions. This compendium of documents allows public health practitioners and others to quickly access the full set of CDC's guidelines from a single point, regardless of where they were originally published. Format: Website    Provider: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Consensus Development Statements

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conferences are convened to evaluate available scientific information and resolve safety and efficacy issues related to biomedical technology. Of use to both health professionals and the public, the resultant NIH Consensus Statements are intended to advance understanding of the technology. Format: Website    Provider: National Institutes of Health

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Developed in 1998 by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans, the NGC is designed to promote quality health care by making available the latest clinical practice guidelines based on scientific evidence. Format: Website    Provider: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Practice Guidelines

Guidelines and consensus and technology assessment statements offering guidance for current medical practice. Format: Subject Guide