National Guideline Clearinghouse | Announcements

National Guideline Clearinghouse | Announcements

Announcements

November 02, 2015

Health Awareness Topics - November 2015

• American Diabetes Month (see related guidelines)
• COPD Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines and guideline synthesis)
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month (see related guidelines)
• National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines)

Conference News

• The 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation will take place from December 14-15, 2015 in Washington DC. The theme is "Optimizing Personal and Population Health." Visit the conference home page  for more information.
• The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) continues to sponsor a monthly webinar series on topics of interest to the North American guideline community. Information on upcoming webinars, as well as audio files and slides from past webinars, are available on the G-I-N Web site .

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory

• October 22, 2015: Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) : FDA is requiring the Kayexalate manufacturer to conduct studies to investigate Kayexalate's potential to bind to other medications administered by mouth – drug interactions that could affect how well the other medications work.
• October 22, 2015: Hepatitis C Treatments Viekira Pak and Technivie : FDA is warning that hepatitis C treatments Viekira Pak and Technivie can cause serious liver injury mostly in patients with underlying advanced liver disease. As a result, FDA is requiring the manufacturer to include information about serious liver injury adverse events to the Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions, Postmarketing Experience, and Hepatic Impairment sections of the Viekira Pak and Technivie drug labels.

How to Participate

• Submit Guidelines: Visit our Submit Guidelines page for information on how to submit your organization's guidelines.
• Suggest a Guideline for Possible Inclusion: Submit your suggestions for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that you would like to see included in NGC.
• Suggest a Guideline Synthesis Topic: We welcome your suggestions for guideline synthesis topics!

NGC's Sister Resource

Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) .