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A guide describing the standards, methods and systems reported in the current clinical practice guidelines methodology and implementation literature. [2016]

Searchable database of Canadian clinical practice guidelines, from the Canadian Medical Association.

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to family medicine, from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Provides systematic reviews of evidence of effectiveness, and guidelines for clinical preventive services. Developed under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Current evidence of best practice and recommendations for the evidence-based treatment and management of various diseases and conditions.

Evidence-based guidelines across all domains of healthcare in the UK. From the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the authoritative advisory body to the NHS.

Association of organisations and individuals involved in the systematic development and application of clinical practice guidelines. Features a searchable list of members.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents a searchable database of clinical practice guidelines, abstracts, and an annotated bibliography.

Provides medical guidelines services, with a large collection of categorized medical guidelines (free) along with evidence-based quick-reference guideline tools (for fee).

Provides supporting services and tools for the encoding and dissemination of electronic clinical practice guidelines, including a software guidelines development workbench and a guidelines deployment tool.

Evidence-based analyses and guidelines produced by Health Quality Ontario (HQO), with free full text available (as PDFs).

Online global database of all the current medical guidelines for treatment and management of various disease conditions, searchable by disease and by country.

Topic-categorized guidelines on specific diagnostic and treatment modalities in the diagnosis and management of patients, aggregated (but not develloped) by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).

Single entry point for all Australian clinical practice guidelines, available for download as PDFs, from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

The STROBE Initiative recommendations on what should be included in an accurate and complete report of an observational study, covering the three main study designs: cohort, case–control, and cross-sectional studies. [2014]