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Practice Guidelines
We are committed to supporting our providers in the care of our members by making clinical best practice references available.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
We have adopted the recommendations of the following organizations as our practice guidelines. With permission from these organizations, BlueChoice HealthPlan has created direct links from our Web site to these guidelines.
While we review the guidelines annually, you should not construe them as a legal or required standard of care, or as an indication they will always apply in every medical situation. These are recommendations only, and do not guarantee any medical results or indicate coverage for such services by any given plan or policy.
We hope these guidelines will be a convenient resource in helping you care for your patients.
- Asthma
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (2007) - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines:
Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (2001)
Treatment of the School-Aged Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (2001) - Cholesterol
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program's Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) (2001)
Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines (2004) - Depression
American Psychiatric Association's Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder, Second Edition (2000)
Guideline Watch (2005) - Diabetes
American Diabetes Association's 2008 Clinical Practice Recommendations (2008) - End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
National Kidney Foundation's Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) Clinical Practice Guidelines (2000-2004) - Hypertension
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (2003)
Treatment of Hypertension in the Prevention and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology and Epidemiology and Prevention (2007) - Perinatal Care
Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Fifth Edition (2003)
Preventive Health Guidelines
We have adopted the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Public Health Service, the Office of Public Health and Science, and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion as our preventive health guidelines for adults, children and adolescents. With permission from these organizations, BlueChoice HealthPlan has created direct links from our Web site to these guidelines.
While we review the guidelines annually, you should not construe them as a legal or required standard of care, or as an indication they will always apply in every medical situation. These are recommendations only, and do not guarantee any medical results or indicate coverage for such services by any given plan or policy.
We hope these guidelines will be a convenient resource in helping you care for your patients.
- Preventive Health Guidelines for Adults
Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services, 2nd Edition (1998) - Preventive Health Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services, 2nd Edition (1998)
American Academy of Pediatrics Immunization Information for Clinicians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines & Immunizations Information (2007)
The Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services is part of Put Prevention into Practice, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) national program to improve delivery of appropriate clinical preventive services. You can order a copy of the book from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907 or by calling 1-800-358-9295. You can also order a free information packet of Put Prevention Into Practice materials.
Last updated 8/3/07