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Links to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Handheld Computers

All National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) Guideline Summaries are available in a text format downloadable to the Palm-based Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). See the PDA Download page for additional information.

In order to download a specific summary for PDA/Palm view:

In addition, information concerning the availability of full-text guidelines and/or companion documents available in downloadable versions for the handheld computer through the guideline developer is listed in the "COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field in the NGC Guideline Summary. The "COMPANION DOCUMENTS" field is located towards the end of the Summary.

Below is a list summarizing these available links. This list is organized alphabetically by guideline developer.

Note: By clicking on the links below, you will be leaving the NGC Web site.

American Academy of Family Physicians

A Summary of Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services Tool is available for PDA download from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Web site.

American Academy of Neurology

The following are available for PDA download from the American Academy of Neurology Web site.

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Summary Benchmarks of the Preferred Practice Patterns (PPPs) listed below contain the most relevant information contained in the PPPs, condensed for ease of access for Palm OS or Pocket PC Handheld Users and are available from the American Academy of Ophthalmology Web site.

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support information, and the following guidelines are available for download at www.apprisor.com.

American College of Cardiology Foundation

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has developed the ACC InfoGuide™. The software application and documents listed below are available for download from the American College of Cardiology Web site.

American College of Chest Physicians

The documents developed by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) below may be viewed with the freely distributable, APPRISOR™ Document Viewer for Palm OS, or by the iSilo document reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC OS. The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support information, and the following are available for download at www.apprisor.com.

American College of Physicians (ACP)

A collection of Recommendation Summaries for all current ACP Clinical Guidelines is available for PDA from the ACP Web site.

American College of Radiology

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has developed the Appropriateness Criteria® Anytime, Anywhere™ PDA application, which is available from the ACR Web site.

American Diabetes Association

The 2008 Clinical Practice Recommendations Standards of Care is available for viewing on a Palm or Pocket PC from the American Diabetes Association Web site.

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association (AHA) has made a number of its guidelines, jointly developed with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), available in PDA downloabable format. Guidelines may be viewed with the freely distributable, APPRISOR™ Document Viewer for Palm OS, or by the iSilo document reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC OS. The APPRISOR™ Document Viewer, technical support information, and the following guidelines are available for download at www.apprisor.com.

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)

The documents listed below are available for download from the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Web site.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Visit the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Web site for practice guidelines and other tools and applications that provide easy access to critical information at the point-of-care.

Association of Comprehensive Cancer Centres

The following are available for PDA download from the Association of Comprehensive Cancer Centres Web site.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

These guidelines and related resources (when available) can be downloaded to Palm OS or Pocket PC PDA from the AIDSinfo Web site.

European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

The pocket guidelines listed below are available for download from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Web site.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

The following guideines for handhelds are available from the IDSA Web site.

National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc.

An outline of main points contained in the guideline "Adapting your Practice: General Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients" is available for Palm Download from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Web site.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (U.S.)

National Kidney Foundation

KDOQI clinical practice guidelines and clinical practice recommendations for anemia in chronic kidney disease: A variety of companion documents and implementation tools are available for PDA download from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Web site.

New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

All guidelines are available as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) download from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Web site.

Public Health Service (PHS) (U.S.)

Singapore Ministry of Health

The following clinical practice guidelines and guideline summary cards are available for PDA download in ISilo and MSReader formats from the Singapore Ministry of Health Web site.

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008: A tool for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), is available from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Web site.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS), available as a PDA application and a web-based tool, is a quick hands-on tool designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. It is based on current recommendations of the USPSTF and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors (available for all USPSTF guidelines).

All USPSTF guidelines that are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine as part of the 3rd Edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services are also available for PDA download from the Annals of Internal Medicine Web site:

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Copyright and other restrictions may apply to the use of these files. Users should thoroughly review all information provided by the guideline developer before using these files.

If you have any questions or comments, please email us at info@guideline.gov.