Clinical Tools

Offers a checklist of 23 items to guide the reporting of practice guidelines.

EPC Reports offer comprehensive, science-based information on common costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies.

ECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available online repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally and internationally recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies. User must register for free access.

G-I-N supports evidence-based health care and improved health outcomes by supporting work to reduce inappropriate variation in practice throughout the world.

JBI's evidence-based practice resources assist healthcare professionals to implement an effective evidence-based practice program to provide the best possible patient care. Filter search results for Recommend Practices.

There are currently 50 published guidelines as well as a toolkit and educator's resource to support implementation. Many of these publications are available in French, among other languages and we continue to translate materials on an ongoing basis.

• AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation>
• AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Resorts
• ECRI Institute Guidelines Trust
• Guidelines International Network
• JBI EBP Database
• Nursing Best Practice Guidelines

• ACP Guidelines (American College of Physicians)

• ECRI Guidelines Trust™

  "An interactive practice guidelines portal, developed in response to the shut down of the National Guideline Clearinghouse™." Includes initial set of Guideline Briefs and TRUST Scorecards. Free registration required."

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

  Select “Recommendations” to view scientific evidence reviews.

• PubMed Practice Guidelines

  Limited to "Practice Guideline"[ptyp] filter.

• PubMed - Guidelines

  Limited to "Guideline"[ptyp] filter. Broader than "Practice Guidelines" search listed below.

• Trip Database

  Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

• CINAHL Plus with Full Text  This link opens in a new window

  Type these terms to refine a search to guidelines:
  guideline* OR protocols OR "practice guideline*" OR "clinical practice guideline" OR "best practice guideline*" OR standard* OR "clinical standard*" OR "evidence-based practice guideline*"

AHRQ
American College of Physicians
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cochrane Emergency Nurses Association Guidelines
Guideline Central
Guidelines International Network Library
Lippincott Nursing Center Guideline Summaries
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
National Institutes of Health
Registered Nurse Association Ontario
US Federal Bureau of Prisons: Health Management Resources
US Dept of Veteran Affairs Clinical Practice Guidelines
US Preventive Services Task Force
World Health Organization Guidelines