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MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM LIBRARY
October 1995
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES - PRACTICE PARAMETERS - STANDARDS
Where, oh where ???
Abstracts of Clinical Care Guidelines. JCAHO, published bimonthly. Includes new guideline
resources, activities and grant opportunities.
Clinical Practice Guideline. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (REF)
Systematically developed statements reflecting the state of the art, at the time of publication, on
effective and appropriate care. Published with the guidelines are quick reference guides for
clinicians and health consumers. Recent guidelines are: Cancer Pain, Unstable Angina, Benign
Prostatic Hyperplasia, Early HIV, Acute Low Back Problems, Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, and Heart
Failure.
Directory of Practice Parameters. American Medical Association, 1995 (REF W 84 A512)
Organized by subject, title, sponsoring organization, and withdrawn guidelines. Includes the
quarterly, Practice Parameters Update, which reports new and withdrawn parameters and those
under development.
Healthcare Standards. ECRI. 1995. (REF W22 AA1 H422)
Broad in scope and less clinical, this directory also provides a telephone service for assistance. The
Healthcare Standards newsletter is published as a supplement.
NIH Consensus Statement. National Institutes of Health. {REF W20.5 N277)
Reports of conferences to evaluate available scientific information and to resolve safety and efficacy
issues. Topics in the library include: Acoustic Neuroma, Early Stage Breast Cancer, Optimal
Calcium Intake, Helicobacter Pylori, Ovarian Cancer, Total Hip Replacement.
Our CD-ROM databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, and HEALTHPLAN index articles on guidelines,
protocols or standards of care. Some terms you may want to use in your search are CLINICAL-
PROTOCOLS {since 1988), PRACTICE-GUIDELINES (since 1993) or STANDARDS.
Women's Hospital Access to the Cone CD-ROM Databases
CD-ROM databases at the Cone Library are accessible via the computer in the Women's Hospital
Medical Library through a network link. These databases are MEDLINE, CINAHL (nursing), Health
Planning & Administration, and Health Source (consumer health information).
Materials in the Women's Hospital Medical Library collection can be located using the joint-campus
online catalog. This electronic catalog can be found on the terminal near the Cone Library
reference desk and on the terminal in the Women's Hospital Library.
Library hours 8am-10pm Mon-Fri; 9am-2pm Sat; 2pm-6pm Sun
■.■l'.'MlU.*n'WWI'ffl"T
MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM LIBRARY
October 1995
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES - PRACTICE PARAMETERS - STANDARDS
Where, oh where ???
Abstracts of Clinical Care Guidelines. JCAHO, published bimonthly. Includes new guideline
resources, activities and grant opportunities.
Clinical Practice Guideline. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (REF)
Systematically developed statements reflecting the state of the art, at the time of publication, on
effective and appropriate care. Published with the guidelines are quick reference guides for
clinicians and health consumers. Recent guidelines are: Cancer Pain, Unstable Angina, Benign
Prostatic Hyperplasia, Early HIV, Acute Low Back Problems, Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, and Heart
Failure.
Directory of Practice Parameters. American Medical Association, 1995 (REF W 84 A512)
Organized by subject, title, sponsoring organization, and withdrawn guidelines. Includes the
quarterly, Practice Parameters Update, which reports new and withdrawn parameters and those
under development.
Healthcare Standards. ECRI. 1995. (REF W22 AA1 H422)
Broad in scope and less clinical, this directory also provides a telephone service for assistance. The
Healthcare Standards newsletter is published as a supplement.
NIH Consensus Statement. National Institutes of Health. {REF W20.5 N277)
Reports of conferences to evaluate available scientific information and to resolve safety and efficacy
issues. Topics in the library include: Acoustic Neuroma, Early Stage Breast Cancer, Optimal
Calcium Intake, Helicobacter Pylori, Ovarian Cancer, Total Hip Replacement.
Our CD-ROM databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, and HEALTHPLAN index articles on guidelines,
protocols or standards of care. Some terms you may want to use in your search are CLINICAL-
PROTOCOLS {since 1988), PRACTICE-GUIDELINES (since 1993) or STANDARDS.
Women's Hospital Access to the Cone CD-ROM Databases
CD-ROM databases at the Cone Library are accessible via the computer in the Women's Hospital
Medical Library through a network link. These databases are MEDLINE, CINAHL (nursing), Health
Planning & Administration, and Health Source (consumer health information).
Materials in the Women's Hospital Medical Library collection can be located using the joint-campus
online catalog. This electronic catalog can be found on the terminal near the Cone Library
reference desk and on the terminal in the Women's Hospital Library.
Library hours 8am-10pm Mon-Fri; 9am-2pm Sat; 2pm-6pm Sun