DC Chartered Health Plan is committed to partnering with our network practitioners and providers to provide quality medical care and customer service. Chartered Health Plan reviews and updates clinical practice guidelines annually.
The guidelines meet the following criteria:
| 1. |
Evidence based, as the guidelines are adopted from recognized professional organizations or involve clinical practitioners from the appropriate specialties when guidelines are developed that are not from recognized professional sources. |
| 2. |
Relevant to the beneficiaries of
DC Chartered Health Plan. |
| 3. |
Adopted in consultation
with network health care professionals who treat
populations with illnesses or diseases covered
in the guidelines |
All guidelines were reviewed
and approved by members of the Quality Management
Committee. Upon request, the complete guidelines are
available for review and use by
the practitioner network. Should you need the guidelines
in hard copy, please contact the
Sr. Director for Quality Improvement Activities at 202-326-8983.
With the goal of reducing/eliminating
health disparities and improving health outcomes
within the member population of the Health Plan, it
is imperative to encompass care
standards that ensure the appropriate course of action
and/or interventions and improve
the quality of clinical care as well as maintain compliance
with prudent practice
measures.
| Guideline |
Source/Development |
Asthma
click
here to download |
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program,
Expert Panel Report 2, National Institute of Health,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
NIH Publication; No 97-4051, July 1997.
|
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
click
here to download |
American Academy of Pediatrics,
Subcommittee on Attention Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder, Committee
On Quality Improvement,
Pediatrics, Vol. 108, No 4, Oct.2001
Pg. 1033-1044 |
Depression
Management Tool Kit
click
here to download |
MacArthur
Initiative on Depression and
Primary Care at Dartmouth & Duke, v 1.3,
June, 2004 |
Diabetes
click
here to download |
Standards of Medical
Care in Diabetes, 2007
American Diabetes Association |
Hypertension
click
here to download |
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee
on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment
of High Blood Pressure. National Institutes of
Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
NIH Publication No. 04-5230, August 2004.
|
Childhood Immunization Guidelines /
Childhood and Adolescent Immunization
Schedule Delayed Immunizations
click
here to download |
Advisory Committee Immunization Practices. The
American Academy of Pediatrics and The American
Academy of Family Physicians. December 2006
|
Prenatal/PostPartum/High Risk Management
click
here to download
Routine Prenatal Care
click
here to download |
Bloomington (MN): Institute
for Clinical
Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2005, Aug.
80p; Perinatal Care, American Academy of
Pediatrics and the American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecologist, 5th edition |
Note: The entire prenatal care guideline is cited
on the website, however, Chartered
Health Plan advocates the Prenatal/PostPartum/Risk
Stratification Guideline-At-A-Glance
as the core standard of care. |
The Guide to Clinical Preventive
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Services: 2006
Recommendations of the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force
Additional guidelines are available upon request
for the following medical conditions:
Summary information for select clinical guidelines are available on the website. This material is for
Informational purposes only. As these guidelines are neither comprehensive nor are they intended to serve
as a substitute for individualized practitioners’ clinical judgment and decision-making in the care of the
members. All care-related decisions are the sole responsibility of each practitioner.
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