National Guideline Clearinghouse

The National Guideline Clearinghouse, [Internet]. URL http //www.guideline.gov/index.asp, accessed 11-15-2000. 

AHRQ has several initiatives that should be of particular interest to the clinical pharmacy community. These include the Centers for Education and Research in Therapeutics (CERTs), the Evidence Based Practice Centers (EPCs), National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), and a coordinated set of activities with the goal of Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP). 

Metasearch capabilities to PubMed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Guidelines Database, and National Guideline Clearinghouse Access to quick-reference guides for clinicians and consumer brochures. 

Sources Fifty-eight sites categorized as evidence-based, peer-reviewed journals, guidelines, or other. Sites include top 20 medical journals, EMB sites such as Bandolier, Critically Appraised Bank, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, journal Club on the Web, Evidence-Based Medicine series, guideline and systematic review sites such as SIGN, DARE, NICE, and National Guideline Clearinghouse. 

Sources Three Internet sites The National Library of Medicine, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse. 

The National Guideline Clearinghouse, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. 

NATICH. 1994. National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse Data base report on acceptable ambient air concentration guidelines/standards concentrations, units, and averaging times report. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Washington, DC. 

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