IEHP develops and maintains clinical practice guidelines as standards of health care applicable to members and providers.  The IEHP Quality Management Committee delegates responsibility for developing, reviewing, and maintaining clinical practice guidelines to the IEHP Standards Subcommittee.  The QM Committee performs final approval and adoption of all guidelines.  Clinical practice guidelines requiring pharmaceutical management are initiated and investigated through the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Subcommittee prior to review by the Standards Subcommittee.

All clinical practice guidelines are based on scientific evidence, review of the medical literature, or appropriately established authority, as cited.  All recommendations are based on published consensus guidelines (National Guideline Clearinghouse) and do not favor any particular treatment based solely on cost considerations.

The recommendations for care are suggested as guides for making clinical decisions.   Clinicians and their patients must work together to develop individual treatment plans that are tailored to the specific needs and circumstances of each patient.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Adults (Update August 2011)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Pediatrics (Update November 2011)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Toolkit

Anti-Infective Therapy Guide Adult (Update November 2011) 
 
Anti-Infective Therapy Guide Pediatric (Update November 2011)

Asthma (Renewed May 2011)

Depression (Update November 2010)

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

Depression - Pediatrics

Depression - Pediatrics Tool Kit

Diabetes Mellitus (Update August 2011)

Diabetes Pregnancy (Update August 2011)

Diabetes Table (Update November 2011)

Fibromyalgia (Renewed May 2010)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Renewed November 2010)

Hepatitis C (Renewed May 2011)

Hepatitis C AASLD Detail

Hepatitis C - Genotype 1

Hyperlipidemia (Renewed November 2010)

Hypertension (Renewed November 2010)

Migraine (Renewed November 2010)

Multiple Sclerosis (Renewed November 2010)

Pain Management (Renewed May 2011)

Pain Quick Reference (Update November 2011)

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Renewed November 2010)

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Renewed November 2010) 

Rheumatoid Arthritis (Renewed November 2010)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Summary of CDC Treatment Guidelines (Update February 2011)

Smoking Cessation (Renewed November 2010)

Synagis Criteria - Current Season   

Synagis Form