title: Guideline.gov: A Database of Clinical Specialty Guidelines.
abstract: The National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), also known as Guideline.gov, is a database of resources to assist health care providers with a central depository of guidelines for clinical specialty areas in medicine. The database is provided free of charge and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The guidelines for treatment are updated regularly, with new guidelines replacing older guidelines every five years. There are hundreds of current guidelines with more added each week. The purpose and goal of NGC is to provide physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, insurance companies, and others in the field of health care with a unified database of the most current, detailed, relevant, and objective clinical practice guidelines.
authors.affiliation: a University of Arizona Health Sciences Library , Tucson , Arizona , USA.
authors.forename: Yamila M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: El-Khayat
authors.affiliation: b William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Carrie S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.affiliation: b William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Coghill
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D006295:Health Resources / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Clinical practice guidelines; Guideline.gov; National Guidelines Clearinghouse; evidence-based practice; guidelines