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AIM Specialty Health Academy For Chiropractic Education Academy Of Ambulatory Foot And Ankle Surgery Academy Of Breastfeeding Medicine Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics Agency For Health Quality And Assessment Of Catalonia (AQuAS)Agency For Health Quality And Assessment Of Catalonia (aquas)Alberta Health Services, Cancer Care Allergic Rhinitis And Its Impact On Asthma Workshop Group Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease International American Academy Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy Of Dermatology American Academy Of Family Physicians American Academy Of Neurology American Academy Of Ophthalmology American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons (aaos)American Academy Of Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery Foundation American Academy Of Pediatric Dentistry American Academy Of Pediatrics American Academy Of Periodontology American Academy Of Sleep Medicine American Association For Respiratory Care American Association For The Study Of Liver Diseases American Association Of Clinical Endocrinologists American Association Of Diabetes Educators American Association Of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Providers American Association Of Neuromuscular And Electrodiagnostic Medicine American Cancer Society American Chiropractic Board Of Sports Physicians American College Of Cardiology Foundation American College Of Chest Physicians American College Of Emergency Physicians American College Of Gastroenterology American College Of Medical Genetics And Genomics American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists American College Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine American College Of Physicians American College Of Preventive Medicine American College Of Radiology American College Of Rheumatology American College Of Sports Medicine American College Of Surgeons American Congress Of Rehabilitation Medicine American Dental Association American Diabetes Association American Gastroenterological Association Institute American Geriatrics Society American Heart Association American Medical Directors Association American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.American Optometric Association American Osteopathic Association American Pain Society American Psychiatric Association American Society For Blood And Marrow Transplantation American Society For Bone And Mineral Research American Society For Colposcopy And Cervical Pathology American Society For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy American Society For Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition American Society For Radiation Oncology American Society For Reproductive Medicine American Society Of Anesthesiologists American Society Of Breast Surgeons American Society Of Clinical Oncology American Society Of Colon And Rectal Surgeons American Society Of Echocardiography American Society Of Health-system Pharmacists American Society Of Hematology American Society Of Interventional Pain Physicians American Society Of Neurophysiological Monitoring American Society Of Plastic Surgeons American Thyroid Association American Urological Association Education And Research, Inc.Aragon Health Sciences Institute (IACS)Aragon Health Sciences Institute (iacs)Association For The Advancement Of Wound Care Association For Vascular Access Association Of Medical Microbiology And Infectious Disease Canada Association Of PeriOperative Registered Nurses Association Of Perioperative Registered Nurses Association Of Women's Health, Obstetric, And Neonatal Nurses Basque Health System - Osakidetza Basque Office For Health Technology Assessment, Osteba Beyondblue: The National Depression Initiative Brain Trauma Foundation Brazilian Society Of Cardiology British Association For Sexual Health And HIV British Association For Sexual Health And Hiv British Association Of Dermatologists British Committee For Standards In Haematology British HIV Association British Occupational Health Research Foundation British Society For Rheumatology British Thoracic Society Bureau Of Health Promotion, Department Of Health, Taiwan C17 Council California Diabetes Program Canadian Agency For Drugs And Technologies In Health Canadian Cardiovascular Society Canadian Chiropractic Association Canadian Headache Society Canadian Paediatric Society Canadian Stroke Network Canadian Task Force On Preventive Health Care Cancer Council Australia CancerControl Alberta Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Centre For Addiction And Mental Health Children's Oncology Group Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium Clinical Research Center For Dementia Of South Korea College Of American Pathologists College Of Family Physicians Of Canada Colorado Division Of Workers' Compensation Comprehensive Cancer Centre The Netherlands Congress Of Neurological Surgeons Consortium For Spinal Cord Medicine ConvaTec Council On Chiropractic Guidelines & Practice Parameters Council On Chiropractic Practice Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Department Of Health And Human Services (U.S.)Department Of Health And Human Services (u.s.)Department Of Veterans Affairs Dmd Care Considerations Working Group Dutch Institute For Healthcare Improvement Cbo Eastern Association For The Surgery Of Trauma Emergency Nurses Association European Academy Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology European Association Of Urology European Association Of Urology Nurses European Federation Of Neurological Societies European Respiratory Society European Society Of Cardiology Evaluation Of Genomic Applications In Practice And Prevention (egapp) Working Group Expert Commentary: A Guideline For Palliative And End Of Life Care Expert Commentary: A Perspective On The Guidelines International Network And The Institute Of Medicine's Proposed Standards For Guideline Development Expert Commentary: A Season For Change Expert Commentary: An Integrated Approach To Developing Health Care Guidelines And Measures Expert Commentary: Applying The Grade Approach: Perspective From The Canadian Agency For Drugs And Technologies In Health Expert Commentary: Aua's Surgical Management Of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Provides Timely Update Expert Commentary: Building A Better Guideline: Overcoming Challenges And Establishing Transparency Expert Commentary: Can Guidelines Addressing Resource Allocation Improve Breast Health Outcome For Low And Middle Income Countries?Expert Commentary: Colorectal Cancer Guideline Reflects International Practice Variations Expert Commentary: Commentary On The American College Of Physicians' Clinical Practice Guidelines For Using Second-generation Antidepressants To Treat Depressive Disorders Expert Commentary: Comparison Of Multiple Sclerosis Guidelines Underscores Need For Collaboration Expert Commentary: Consensus-based Selection Criteria For Accountability Measures: Viewpoint From The National Guideline Clearinghouse/national Quality Measures Clearinghouse Editorial Board Expert Commentary: Diagnosis And Treatment Of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline From The American College Of Physicians And The American Pain Society. what's New? What's Different?Expert Commentary: Does More Add Up To Less? A Review Of A Guideline On Whiplash Associated Disorders Expert Commentary: Eating Disorders: Newer Practice Guidelines Reinforce Severity Of Conditions But Still Reflect Deficits In Knowledge Base Expert Commentary: Eliminating Hospital Readmissions:Expert Commentary: Endocarditis Prophylaxis: Re-examining The Evidence Expert Commentary: Focus On Accessibility Results In Improved Function And Content For Ngc And Nqmc Expert Commentary: Imaging After Initial Urinary Tract Infection (uti) In Febrile Infants And Young Children: A Paradigm Shift Expert Commentary: Importance Of Quality Metrics For Providing High Quality Melanoma Care Expert Commentary: Is The Measurement Mandate Diverting The Patient Safety Revolution?Expert Commentary: Management Of Hemorrhoids: Mainstay Of Treatment Remains Diet Modification And Office-based Procedures Expert Commentary: Managing Numerous Outcomes: Experience From A Systematic Review Of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Trials Expert Commentary: New Directions For Health Care Information Technology Expert Commentary: New Promise For Uniform Evidence-based Guideline Development: The Grade Approach Expert Commentary: On Quality Measurement, Babies, And Bathwater Expert Commentary: Primary Care Depression Guidelines And Treatment Resistant Depression: Variations On An Important But Understudied Theme Expert Commentary: Promoting Transparent And Actionable Clinical Practice Guidelines: Viewpoint From The National Guideline Clearinghouse/national Quality Measures Clearinghouse (ngc/nqmc) Editorial Board Expert Commentary: Recommendations For Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy Reflect Need For Further Research Expert Commentary: Recommendations For Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy Reflect Return To Earlier Treatment Methods Expert Commentary: Surmounting The Challenges Of Measuring And Improving Quality In Ambulatory Care Expert Commentary: The American Heart Association's Expert Commentary: The Many Facets Of Evidence: Commentary On The American Academy Of Neurology's Evidence Classification Scheme Expert Commentary: Towards A Better Value Health System — The Role Of Nice In The U.k. Health Care System Expert Commentary: Treat The System, Not The Error: Patient Safety In 2013 Expert Commentary: Updated Evidence And Safety Focus Keep Guidance On Laparoscopic Biliary Tract Surgery Current Expert Commentary: User Perspectives: An Overview Of The Clearinghouse Survey Results Expert Commentary: Using Grade For International Guidelines On Kidney Disease Faculty Of Sexual And Reproductive Healthcare Finnish Medical Society Duodecim Galician Health Technology Assessment Agency Global Initiative For Asthma Global Initiative For Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Hartford Institute For Geriatric Nursing Health Care Association Of New Jersey Health Protection Agency Health Technology Assessment Unit, Laín Entralgo Agency HealthPartners Dental Group Healthpartners Dental Group Heart Failure Society Of America, Inc Heart Rhythm Society Infectious Diseases Society Of America Intensive Care Society International Association For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/myalgic Encephalomyelitis International Association Of Physicians In Aids Care International Chiropractors Association International Chiropractors Association Of California International Society For Clinical Densitometry International Society For Heart And Lung Transplantation Irsa Joint Council Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology Joint National Committee Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Maine Medical Center, Department Of Emergency Medicine Male Training Center For Family Planning And Reproductive Health Massachusetts Department Of Developmental Services Medical Services Commission, British Columbia Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium Multinational Association Of Supportive Care In Cancer National Abortion Federation National Academy Of Clinical Biochemistry National Athletic Trainers' Association National Clinical Guideline Centre National Clinical Guideline Centre For Acute And Chronic Conditions National Collaborating Centre For Acute Care National Collaborating Centre For Cancer National Collaborating Centre For Chronic Conditions National Collaborating Centre For Mental Health National Collaborating Centre For Nursing And Supportive Care National Collaborating Centre For Primary Care National Collaborating Centre For Women's And Children's Health National Consensus Project National Environmental Education Foundation, Inc.National Health And Medical Research Council National Health Care For The Homeless Council, Inc.National Health Service Plus National Heart Foundation Of Australia National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (U.S.)National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (u.s.)National Institute For Health And Care Excellence (NICE)National Institute For Health And Care Excellence (nice)National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases National Institutes Of Health (nih) State-of-the-science Panel National Institutes Of Health Consensus Development Conference National Kidney Foundation National Opioid Use Guideline Group National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel National Society Of Genetic Counselors National Stroke Foundation (australia)Neurocritical Care Society New York State Department Of Health New Zealand Guidelines Group North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, And Nutrition North American Spine Society Oncology Nursing Society Oral Health Services Guideline Initiative Ottawa Panel Pediatric Oncology Group Of Ontario Program In Evidence-based Care Public Health Service (u.s.)Qatif Primary Health Care Regione Toscana, Consiglio Sanitario Regionale Registered Nurses' Association Of Ontario Renal Physicians Association Rhdaustralia Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Royal College Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Section On Pediatrics, American Physical Therapy Association Sie - Italian Society Of Hematology Singapore Ministry Of Health Society For Healthcare Epidemiology Of America Society Of American Gastrointestinal And Endoscopic Surgeons Society Of Critical Care Medicine Society Of Family Planning Society Of Interventional Radiology Society Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)Society Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists Of Canada Society Of Thoracic Surgeons Spanish Society Of Rheumatology Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (u.s.)Synthesis: Diagnosis And Evaluation Of Chronic Heart Failure (chf)Synthesis: Diagnosis And Management Of Lower Urinary Tract Infection Synthesis: Diagnosis And Treatment Of Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis (abrs) In Adults Synthesis: Diagnosis And Treatment Of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (gerd)Synthesis: Induction Of Labor Synthesis: Management Of Genital Herpes In Men And Nonpregnant Women Synthesis: Management Of Overweight And Obesity In Children And Adolescents Synthesis: Nontraditional Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Synthesis: Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers Synthesis: Prevention, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Pediatric Bronchiolitis Synthesis: Screening And Risk Assessment For Osteoporosis Synthesis: Screening For Breast Cancer In Women At Average Risk Synthesis: Screening For Cervical Cancer In Women At Average Risk Synthesis: Screening For Lipid Disorders In Adults Synthesis: Screening, Diagnosis And Management Of Chlamydial Infection Synthesis: Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence Synthesis: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (vbac)The Endocrine Society The Hospital For Sick Children The Nebraska Medical Center The North American Menopause Society The Orthopaedic Section Of The American Physical Therapy Association, Inc.Toward Optimized Practice Trans Tasman Dietetic Wound Care Group U.S. Preventive Services Task Force U.s. Multi-society Task Force On Colorectal Cancer U.s. Preventive Services Task Force University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences, Angels (antenatal & Neonatal Guidelines, Education And Learning System)University Of Iowa College Of Nursing, John A. Hartford Foundation Center Of Geriatric Nursing Excellence University Of Michigan Health System University Of New South Wales University Of Pennsylvania Health System University Of Texas At Austin School Of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Washington State Agency Medical Directors' Group Washington State Department Of Labor And Industries Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention And Control Program Work Loss Data Institute World Federation Of Hemophilia World Gastroenterology Organisation World Health Organization Wound, Ostomy, And Continence Nurses Society