CLINICAL RESOURCES
Clinical Practice Guidelines
 

These links guide you to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    Serves as a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.  Features include searching for guidelines by disease topic and comparing guidelines on the same topic.  This site is sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
  • Asthma - Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
    From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP).      The NAEPP keeps clinical practice guidelines up to date by identifying selected topics on asthma that warrant intensive review based on the level of research activity reflected in the published literature or the level of concern in clinical practice. This is their latest update.
  • Diabetes - Massachusetts Adult Diabetes Guidelines
    The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program and its Advisory Board convened a Diabetes Guidelines Work Group to develop Massachusetts Guidelines for Adult Diabetes Care (PDF) that include accompanying tools for use in the primary care setting. Partners included Baystate Health Systems, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan, Division of Medical Assistance, Fallon Health Care System, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, MassPRO, Neighborhood Health Plan, Network Health, Provider Service Network, and Tufts Health Plan. The goal was to promote quality diabetes care throughout the Commonwealth by developing uniform guidelines to apply to adults with diabetes regardless of their insurer.
  • Geriatrics - Geriatric Program  Plan Guidelines and Functional Assessment Tool Guidelines and Assessment Tool
    The League created guidelines for Geriatric Program Planning and a medical record Functional Assessment Tool for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
  • Hypertension - Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
    Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) Express Report focuses on practical applications of the new evidence, including a revised treatment algorithm, drug tables, and convenient references.