What's New This Week

The QualityTools™ Web site, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is updated regularly. The new tools are listed alphabetically by developer. To view a new Tool Summary, click on the tool title. To view a complete list of tools available at QualityTools, use the Tool Index.

October 25, 2004

American Academy of Neurology

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Encounter Kit for Headache. Imaging Algorithm - Non-Acute Headache -- Greater than Four Weeks Duration

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Encounter Kit for Headache. Imaging Algorithm - Non-Acute Headache -- Greater than Four Weeks Duration and Normal Neurologic Exam

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Encounter Kit for Headache. Recommendations for use of Dihydroergotamine mesylate (DHE) in Migraine

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Encounter Kit for Headache. Recommendations on Behavioral and Physical Treatments for Migraine

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Clinicians: Detection, Diagnosis and Management of Dementia

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Clinicians: Migraine Headache

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Patients and Their Families: Alzheimer's Disease

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Patients and Their Families: Migraine Headache

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

How to do Breast Self-Exams (BSE)

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

What You Need To Know About Mammograms and Breast Cancer. Fact Sheet

QualityTools Spotlight

Visit the enhanced web-enabled version of the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR).

Look for more patient and clinician tools from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

Coming soon - tools from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The QualityTools Summary has a new enhancement. QT now provides a link to guideline summaries available in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) for those tools developed from guidelines.

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Look for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).

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