Welcome to NGC. Skip directly to: Search Box, Navigation, Content.

Welcome!

You are connected to the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]). Click on About NGC to learn more about us.

Start your search by typing keywords into the search box on this page, or use the NGC Browse or Detailed Search features.

NGC News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released interim recommendations on influenza antiviral medications. Look for this summary in NGC soon!

New/updated AAP, AHA/Am Stroke Assoc, CCHMC, ICSI, and Intracorp guidelines. The guideline synthesis on Breast Cancer Screening has also been updated. Go to "What's New This Week."

In addition to providing syntheses on select guideline topics, NGC also provides users with the ability to generate their own side-by-side comparisons of two or more guidelines. Go to the Comparison Help page for more information on how to use this tool.

On October 29, 2004, the Department of Health and Human Services released updated Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents.

Go to the "Guidelines In Progress" page to see a list of guidelines currently being processed for inclusion in NGC.

Visit NGC's sister sites:

Subscribe to the NGC Weekly E-mail Update Service.


Search Help
Detailed Search

Resources

» Annotated Bibliographies
» Bioterrorism
» Discussion List
» EPC Reports
» FAQ
» Glossary
» Guideline Archive
» Guideline Index
» Guideline Resources
» New Features
» NLM Links
» Patient Resources
» PDA/Palm
» SARS
» Search Form
» Web Developer Tools

Browse

» Disease / Condition
» Treatment / Intervention
» Organization

Compare

» View My Collection
» Guideline Syntheses