HEALTH
MAINTENANCE - CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)guide
to “Clinical Preventive Services” can be downloaded from http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd07/.
Hard copies (one free copy per person) of AHRQ's 2007 pocket Guide to Clinical
Preventive Services are also available by calling 1-800-358-9295 or by emailing
ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.
To view the Table of Preventive Services recommended for Adults and for
Special Populations – Pregnant Women and Children – click on Section 1 of the pocket
guide link above. This table may be used as a form to note lab
values and other evaluations.
One free 17” x 22” poster of “The
New Adult Preventive Care Timeline” from 2006 may be requested by calling
1-800-358-9295 or emailing ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov as above.
Developmental screening tools are used in
conjunction with well child visits. The Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences pediatric presenter at the recent Singapore CME recommended
Bright Futures through the AmericanAcademy of
Pediatrics. The Bright Futures Guidelines Third Edition Pocket Guide
($14.95) or for PDA ($69.95) may be ordered at www.brightfutures.org. Either
format presents a summary for each visit's developmental, physical examination,
medical screening and immunization guidelines.