Start your search for Clinical Practice Guidelines with these resources:
The G-I-N is an international and not-for-profit association of organizations and individuals involved in the development and application of practice guidelines. *Please note, access to the guidelines requires membership. However, using the database search engine is free and you can often locate the actual guideline for free on another site or by searching the web with the specific guideline name and the guideline creator organization.
From the NHS in the UK, the NICE Evidence Search is a suite of services that provides access to high quality authoritative evidence and best practice.
A BESt contains clinical recommendations based on best evidence on a limited topic or single clinical question. Developed by experts and patients and families at Cincinnati Children's in the USA.
EPC Reports offer comprehensive, science-based information on common costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies. Your search results cover complete titles of released evidence reports, comparative effectiveness reviews, technical briefs, Technology Assessment Program reports, and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence syntheses.
The Effective Health Care Program funds individual researchers, research centers, and academic organizations to work together with AHRQ to produce effectiveness and comparative effectiveness research for clinicians, consumers, and policymakers.
Search research databases for practice guidelines:
SUMSearch2 (select "Guidelines" filter on Search Results page)
Find more evidence syntheses and best practice resources on the Best Practice page. To critically appraise your practice guideline, use the AGREE II Tool.
Last Updated:
Jul 18, 2018