App Helps Clinicians Recommend Best Preventive Services for Patients

Prevention TaskForce, an app from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, is available to help healthcare professionals identify which screenings, counseling interventions and preventive medications are right for their patients.

The app includes all current Task Force recommendations and can be searched by patient characteristics, such as age, sex/gender and selected behavioral risk factors. The Task Force, supported by AHRQ, is an independent, volunteer panel of national disease prevention experts who work to improve the health of people by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services. Task Force information is also included in MyHealthfinder, an app for patients.

Developed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, MyHealthfinder, includes plain language, actionable, evidence-based health information in English and Spanish.