What happened to the National Guideline Clearinghouse?

On Monday, July 16, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shut down its National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), formerly hosted at www.guideline.gov, a website that had gotten about 200,000 visitors per month, according to AHRQ, and, for almost 20 years, had been medical professionals’ go-to resource …

Is National Guideline Clearinghouse free?

As stated on its announcement page on June 18, 2018, federal funding is no longer available for it (nor for the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse [NQMC]) The entire content of the NGC is now available free of charge at The Alliance for the Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines.

How do I check my medical guidelines?

Finding Guidelines in Databases

1. PubMed (Medline) PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
2. CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
3. ClinicalKey.

What are medical guidelines?

As defined by the Institute of Medicine, clinical guidelines are “systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances.”1 They may offer concise instructions on which diagnostic or screening tests to order, how to provide …

What do you need to know about National Guideline Clearinghouse?

The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a public resource website for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines run by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The website gives users the ability to learn more about guidelines, read expert commentaries, find guideline resources, compare guidelines, and much more.

Is the NCCIH Clearinghouse a medical clearinghouse?

The NCCIH Clearinghouse serves this mission. It is the public’s point of contact for scientifically based information on complementary and integrative health interventions and for information about NCCIH. The NCCIH Clearinghouse does not provide medical advice or referrals to practitioners.

Where can I find clinical guidelines and recommendations?

Evidence-based research provides the basis for sound clinical practice guidelines and recommendations. This AHRQ microsite was set up by AHRQ to provide users a place to find information about its legacy guidelines and measures clearinghouses, National Guideline Clearinghouse TM (NGC) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse TM (NQMC).

Where can I find AHRQ guidelines and recommendations?

This AHRQ microsite was set up by AHRQ to provide users a place to find information about its legacy guidelines and measures clearinghouses, National Guideline Clearinghouse TM (NGC) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse TM (NQMC). This information was previously available on guideline.gov and qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov, respectively.