Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols

Guidelines by Organization

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Academy of Otolaryngology
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American College of Emergency Medicine
• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
• American College of Physicians
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Register a free account to access.

US Agency Guidelines

• US Preventive Services Task Force
• US Department of Veterans Affairs
• CDC Infection Control Guidelines and Guidance Library 
• CDC MMWR Recommendations and Reports
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
• US Preventive Services Task Force: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

International Guidelines

• Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) 
• World Health Organization
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Guidelines International Network (GIN)

MGH Resources

• PCOI (MGH Primary Care Office InSight)
• Ellucid Mass General Brigham's system-wide policy management system.
• CINAHL. Focuses on nursing and allied health. Choose Practice Guidelines or Standards from the Publication Type drop down menu beneath the search bar. Ask Us if you need help.
• ClinicalKey. To the left of the search box will be a drop down menu. Select Guidelines from that menu and perform your search. Ask Us if you need help.

Guideline Repositories

• ECRI Guidelines Trust. Free web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Register a free account to access.
• Trip Medical Database. Free version available. Perform a search and click Guidelines in the left hand column to refine results to guidelines.

Guideline Development

• Are you a Brigham or MGH employee who is writing a practice guideline? We can help!
• Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation Instrument (AGREE II). Evaluates the process of practice guideline development and the quality of reporting.
• GIN Resources. Includes webinars, checklists and tools to aid guideline developers.
• GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation). Commonly used approach in the guideline development process. The GRADE approach is used to grade quality (or certainty) of evidence and strength of recommendations.
• National Academies Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines