National Guideline Clearinghouse (by AHRQ)
Monday, September 21st, 2009The US Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) strives to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. It focuses on clinical information, consumer/patient information, and provides information in the forms as data & surveys,
and research findings.
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Key components of NGC include:
—–Structured abstracts (summaries) about the guideline and its
development
—–Links to full-text guidelines, where available [If no full text is
available, please search by journal title in
the UTcatalog, single citation matcher in PubMed, or Ask-A-Health-Science Librarian]
—–A Guideline Comparison utility that gives users the ability to
generate side-by-side comparisons for any combination of two
or more guidelines
—–Unique guideline comparisons called Guideline Syntheses compare guidelines covering similar topics, highlighting areas of similarity and difference. NGC Guideline Syntheses often provide a comparison of guidelines developed in different countries, providing insight into commonalities and differences in international health practices.
Other more specialized sources of practice guidelines include
–Practice Guidelines in AccessMedicine (click on Guidelines) [restricted to UT-HSC affiliates
–American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Practice Standards
–Health Services/Technology Assessment Text - assesses the clinical utility of medical interventions.
For more information or further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance.