Clinical Links

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Preventive Services. Site provides access to scientific evidence, as well as recommendations on clinical preventive services and their implementation.
• American Federation for Aging Research  A useful site for learning about the exciting and rapidly expanding field of aging research.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines Online  These were developed by the then Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and include the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers.
• Competencies for Older Adult Care developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Click here
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy  Provides over 300 clinical topics with information on hundreds of conditions.
• MEDLINEplus A goldmine of information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. 
• National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.  This site is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy (AHRQ). 
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has created a dynamic web-based health resource,Healthcare 411.