Providing Evidence

Databases and resources to help you more easily provide evidence-based care.

• National Guidelines Clearinghouse^TM (NGC): The NGC mission is to provide physicians and other health professionals a tool for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
• Electronic Prevention Services Selector (ePSS): The ePSS is a free application that clinicians can use to search and browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on the Web, on a PDA or on a mobile device. The ePSS brings information on clinical preventive services—recommendations, clinical considerations, and selected practice tools—to the point of care.
• Effective Health Care Program: Offers comparative effectiveness reviews and research reports into short, easy-to-read summaries for clinicians and consumers. The Center recently produced Lung Cancer Screening Tools for patients and clinicians to facilitate discussions about lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT).