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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.

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NGC News

New/updated AAP, AHA, ASRM, NCCWHC, PGI, and RNAO guidelines. Go to "What's New This Week."

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has updated their summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations.

Following the list of new/updated guidelines posted to the NGC Web site each week, we now identify guidelines that have been withdrawn that week.

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

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