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SOME USEFUL WEBSITES THAT PROMOTE SCIENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Practice Guidelines Based on Empirical Evidence
and
Informed Consumer Guidelines
Complied by Michael F. Martelli, PhD
Please send suggestions, additional links to:
ADHD Clinical Practice
Guidelines
AEDs in S TBI Practice Guidelines
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Aging (National Institute on Aging)
Acad Psychosomatic Medicine Practice Guidelines
Am Board Quality
Assurance Util. Rev. -
Am
Psychiatric Assoc Practice Guidelines
Bipolar
Disorder Practice Guidelines: Medscape Resource
Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cochrane
Collaboration - Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Guidelines - Medscout
(sm)
Department of Health and Human Services
Developing Clinical
Policy Guidelines
Doctor's
Guide- Global Edition
Evidence-Based
Practices Critique
General Reference
& Clinical Specialty
Guidelines
for Medicolegal Neuropsychological Reports
Hardin Meta Directory of
Internet Health Resources
HealthFinder
(Patient Education Sources)
Health
Care: Evidence-based Practice Subdirectory Page
Health
Care: Evidence-based Practice Subdirectory Page
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health
Organizations
Life
care planning site, IALCP
Major
Depressive Disorder Mgmt in Adults - Biblio
Meta-Register of Controlled
Trials (mRCT)
Mind-Body Interventions
for Gastrointestinal Conditions
National
Guideline Clearinghouse
National
Guideline Clearinghouse - TBI Prognosis
National
Guideline Clearinghouse: TBI Management
Pain
Mgmt Monographs JCAHO (good)
Panic disorder / Comorbid Pain Depression`
PM&R REHAB
PROTOCOLS (e-Medicine)
Practice
Guidelines- Practice Statement Definitions
Psychiatric
Care Guidelines - Nice!
Rehabilitation
for Traumatic Brain Injury: AHCPR
Reports of
the Surgeon General
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Practice Statement Definitions
Practice Parameters:
Practice parameters are strategies for patient management that assist physicians in clinical decision making. A practice parameter is one or more specific recommendations based on analysis of evidence of a specific clinical problem. The recommendations are rated as Standard, Guideline or Option:
Standard: A principle for patient management that reflects a high degree of clinical certainty (usually this requires class I evidence that directly addresses the clinical question, or overwhelming class II evidence when circumstances preclude randomized clinical trials).
Guideline: A recommendation for patient management that reflects moderate clinical certainty (usually this requires class II evidence or a strong consensus of class III evidence).
Practice option: A strategy for patient management for which the clinical utility is uncertain (inconclusive or conflicting evidence or opinion).
These recommendations are based on the following levels of evidence for therapeutic modalities:
Practice Advisories:
A practice advisory is a practice recommendation for emerging and/or newly approved therapies or technologies based on evidence from at least one class I study. The evidence may demonstrate only a modest statistical effect or limited (partial) clinical response, or significant cost-benefit questions may exist. Substantial (or potential) disagreement among practitioners or between payers and practitioners may exist. The strength of practice advisory recommendations are based on the practice parameter levels of evidence.
Therapeutic and Technology Assessments:
Technology assessments are statements that assess the safety, utility, and effectiveness of new, emerging, or established therapies and technologies in the field of neurology. Assessment recommendations are rated as follows:
These recommendations are based on the following evidence ratings for diagnostic tests:
Suggested Strength of Recommendations
Quack Chasers with Apparent Political Agenda
At least some caution is advised for most of these sites. Many have a political agenda and/or too much media hype focus and none are associated with any professional medical or psychological associations. Notably, Politics Usually Corrupts Objectivity. For example, some are overly zealous and prone to overstatement, filtering, confirmatory bias, overgeneralization, uniformity myths, reactive responses, etc, and some have been called "biased" or "not credible" by reputable scientists and/or courts. Hence, these should not be relied upon as single sources or reliable representations of science, and should not be relied upon to accurately represent the empirically based evidence from the previous sites. That is, there are no simple solutions, single sources, or substitutes for conducting your own literature review.
James Randi Educational Foundation — Home Page
Richard
Dawkins: The World of…
Skeptic.com--The
Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine
Skeptic's Dictionary - A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing
Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions