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Your prescription in determining the standards of care and
clinical guidelines applicable to your cases
Medical standards of care and clinical practice guidelines are established by a consensus of
health care professionals as diagnostic and therapeutic actions or behaviors that are considered
the most favorable in affecting the patient’s health outcome.
The Internet offers a wide variety of expert consensus and
evidence-based standards and guidelines, which provide
insight, on a national level, to a broad scope of medical practice.
Additionally, standards of care are established through, state
and federal regulations, institutional policy & procedures, expert
witnesses and literature.
MEDICAL STANDARDS & GUIDELINES ««
Evidenced-Based Medical Resource Center - clinical practice guidelines, all specialties
American College of Rheumatology - treatments & guidelines
American Academy of Otolaryngology - head and neck surgery - physician resources
American Diabetes Association - clinical practice recommendations
The Endocrine Society - website
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - clinical practice guidelines
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - medical guidelines for clinical practice
American Association of Neurological Surgeons - clinical practice guidelines
The Internet Stroke Center - comprehensive professional guidelines & consensus statements
The American Geriatrics Society - guidelines & position statements
American Society of Anesthesiologists - practice guidelines, standards, & statements
GASNet - anesthesia point of care
Society of Critical Care Medicine - guidelines & practice parameters
American College of Chest Physicians - clinical practice guidelines
Association of Emergency Physicians - policy & position statements
American College of Emergency Physicians - clinical policies
Family Practice Notebook - a family medicine resource -all specialties
American College of Cardiology - clinical statements & guidelines
Cardiosource - Amercian College of Cardiology website to guidelines by topic
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: evidence-based guidelines - American College of Chest
Physicians-2004
AHA/ASA Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Clot Care anticoagulant guidelines
European Society of Cardiology - guidelines
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions - guidelines
Society for Vascular Ultrasound - position statements and guidelines
American Thoracic Society - scientific statements and practice guidelines
American Association of Respiratory Care - clinical practice guidelines
American College of Physicians - clinical guidelines
Society of Hospital Medicine - hospital intensivists/hospitalist clinical pathways
American Urological Association - clinical guidelines
National Kidney Foundation - clinical practice guidelines
American Psychiatric Association - practice guidelines
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - clinical practice tools
American Society of Clinical Oncology - clinical guidelines
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology - guidelines
Infectious Disease Society of America
standards,practice guidelines, and statements developed and/or endorsed by IDSA
Society of Interventional Radiology - clinical practice guidelines
American College of Radiology - appropriateness criteria, diagnostic testing
CSI - best clinical practices - over 50 current clinical guidelines
Wheeless' Orthopaedics - Duke University orthopedic surgery online medical textbook
Spine Universe - back pain, pathology & treatment
Spinal Cord Injury Information Network - website
Paralyzed Veterans of America - clinical guidelines
ChrioWeb.com - chiropractic care
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - clinical practice issues
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD/CRPS) - clinical guidelines
College of American Pathologists - practice resources, laboratory standards
American Gastroenterological Association - medical position statements
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - guidelines
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease - guidelines
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - website
Diseases of the Breast - guidelines, reviews, position statements, recommendations, standards
American Academy of Pediatrics - policies & clinical practice guidelines
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition - position statement
Pediatrics on the Internet - pediatric health from A-Z
Neonatology - guidelines
Air and Cruise Ship Travel Guidelines/Statements
Medical Guidelines for Airline travel-Aerospace Medical Association
Federal Aviation Administration - Medical Topics
International Council of Cruise Lines - Medical Facilities
Health Care Guidelines for Cruise Ship Medical Facilities- ACEP - sorry, no longer available on line
JCAHO is considered the gold standard for
quality and safety in today's healthcare
Accreditation is the process by which a recognized organization
assesses and acknowledges that a health care organization
meets applicable pre-determined and published standards of
care. These standards are regarded as optimal and achievable,
and are designed to encourage continuous quality of care within
accredited organizations.
Accreditation is voluntary; however, accreditation by a nationally
recognized agency qualifies the health care organization in meeting the federal
standards with the Conditions of Participation in receiving Medicare and Medicaid
payments. JCAHO have been deemed as meeting the federal Conditions of Participation
for the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Therefore, organizations that achieve JCAHO
certification are not subject to Medicare’s survey.
NURSING STANDARDS & GUIDELINES ««
National Council of State Boards of Nursing - nursing boards of regulation
American Academy of Nurse Practioners - publications, position statements
John Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing - news,research, resources
American Association of Critical Care Nurses - clinical issues in advance practice
AACN_Progressive care/telemetry - practice resources
Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses - news, practice,policy
Emergency Nurses Association - position statements
National Flight Nurses Association - position papers
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - scope & standards of practice
Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society - position statements
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing - current topics in nursing practice
NurseLinx - news, nursing articles all specialties
Nursing calculators - medication dosage, IV rates, etc.
Health Canada - clinical practice guidelines for nurses in primary care, excellent resource
Clinical Guidance for the assessment and implementation of bed rails in Hosptials,Long term care
facilities and home care settings - .pdf report
Clinical practice guideline for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people - summary
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - gold standards in pressure ulcer prevention &
management
American Nephrology Nurses' Association - position statements
The Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce - practice, work, demand for, and/or efficient utilization of
the licensed practical nurse
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel - ANA position statement on nursing assistants, technicians, etc.
State Boards of Nursing must ensure that bedside
RNs and LPNs, nurse managers, hospital and long
term care executives have a common and accurate
understanding of the scopes of practice of RNs and
LPNs. Employers should clarify for their employees
the differences between State scopes of practice
and individual institutional policy.
The Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce
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An estimated 30 percent of acute care patients
and 20 percent of chronically ill patients receive
care that is contraindicated.
National Quality Forum
Building on research, such as the Harvard Medical
Practice study, the author argues that malpractice
exposure likely decreases the risk of harm to patients
and that the real debate should focus on poorly
aligned incentives to providers who fail to promote
safety and quality in patient care.
SEARCH ««
Merck Medicus - comprehensive medical resource
MedScape - comprehensive news, resource, medical education
Medical Board State Directories - research MD license, state medical borad regulations
Amedco - medical literature guide, journal - article subject search
Google Scholar - search for specific scholarly literature or search by author
Medical Journals from around the World - free
Law Firm Directory - Law Firm Directory and Attorney Search includes nurse consultants
eICD9.com - medical procedure and diagnostic code reference
Pub Med - the ultimate database of biomedical references
E Medicine - up to date articles from MD authors in all medical specialties
Medical Abbreviations - understanding medical acronyms
Acronym Finder - comprehensive dictionary of acronyms,abbreviations, and initialisms
Health Pages - search national database of over 500,000 physicians
Oncolink - understanding cancer types, symptoms, diagnosis & appropriate treatments
Cancer Control Planet - comprehensive cancer resources
Factfind - US public records, State and County
isearchlegal - legal search
HIPAA Guidelines - Federal protection for the privacy of personal health information
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