Health care guidelines

Guidelines from FCHP’s Clinical Practice Guideline Committee

• Clinical practice guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of adult osteoporosis (pdf, 391 KB)
• Clinical practice guideline for the outpatient treatment of heart failure (pdf, 124 KB)
• Clinical practice guideline for the treatment of community acquired pneumonia in adults (pdf, 73 KB)
• Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorders in adult primary care patients (pdf, 138 KB)
• Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of dementia (pdf, 117 KB)
• Clinical practice guideline for the management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women (pdf, 203 KB)

Guidelines from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

FCHP also endorses the following health care guidelines from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health:

• Massachusetts Guidelines for Adult Diabetes Care (pdf, 2.4 MB)

Guidelines from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

Guidelines from Massachusetts Health Quality Partners

• Preventive Health Care Guidelines 2007/8
  • adult
  • pediatric/adolescent
• Perinatal Recommendations 2007

Guidelines from Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

• Major Depression in Adults for Mental Health Care Providers

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