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 Unison Health Plan of Pennsylvania is now UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
It's the same health plan, but it has a new name. Information about our Pennsylvania
plan will be moving to 
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Condition Guideline Title / Web address
Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) Guidelines for the Management of Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/guidelines/stemi/Guidelines1/index.htm

2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA - 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/j.jacc.2007.10.001

ACC/AHA 2007 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/50/7/e1

Asthma

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/

Promoting Best Practices, Guide for Managing Asthma in Children.   American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 1996-2006
http://www.aaaai.org/members/resources/practice_guidelines/pediatric_asthma.asp

Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention
http://www.ginasthma.com/Guidelineitem.asp??l1=2&l2=1&intId=37

Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/redirect.aspx?doc_id=12969

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children, Adolescents and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
http://www.aacap.org/galleries/PracticeParameters/JAACAP_ADHD_2007.pdf

Bipolar Disorder - Adults

Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/pracGuideTopic_8.aspx

Bipolar Disorder – Children &  Adolescents

Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder
http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Practice+Parameters&name=Practice+Parameters

CHF - Chronic Heart Failure

ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/guidelines/failure/update/index.pdf

Cardiovascular Disease

AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/47/10/2130

Evidenced-based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women; 2007 update
http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/pdfs/cvdinwomen.pdf

Cholestoral Management

The Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults(Adult Treatment Panel III)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm

Chronic Stable Angina

2007 Chronic Angina Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/j.jacc.2007.08.002

CAD - Coronary Artery Disease

AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/47/10/2130

ACC/AHA Guideline Update for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina (2002) and the 2007 Chronic Angina Focused Update
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012907

ACC/AHA/AMA Clinical Performance Measures, Chronic Stable Coronary Artery Disease –written  2003
Diabetes

Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes 2009
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/vol32/Supplement_1

Depression (Major)

Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (Second Edition)
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/pracGuideTopic_7.aspx

Hyperlipidemia

Third Report of the NCEP Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm

Hyperbili-rubinemia in the newborn

Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or weeks in gestations
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;114/1/297.pdf

Question and Answers: Jaundice and Your Newborn
http://www.aap.org/family/jaundicefaq.htm

Hypertension

The Seventh Report on the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/index.htm

Smoking Cessation

Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/treating_tobacco_use.pdf

Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - REFERENCE GUIDE
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/tobaqrg.pdf

Immunization  (Adult)

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm

CDC Vaccines & Immunizations For Specific Groups – Adults Updated April 9, 2007
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/adults.htm

Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, by Vaccine and Age Group
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/adult/06-07/adult-schedule-11x17.pdf

Immunization (Pediatric)

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent - 2009 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedules
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm

Overweight and Obesity

Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/112/2/424

Guidelines for the Treatment of Obesity
http://aapgrandrounds.aappublications.org/cgi/content/extract/14/3/31

Tools for Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/growthcharts/bmi_tools.htm

HIV

Clinical Guidlines Portal
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/

Primary care guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=5625&nbr=3793

Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral; Agents in HIV-1-Infected; Adults and Adolescents
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf

COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (Updated 2005)
http://www.goldcopd.com/

Pocket Guide to COPD Diagnosis, Management and Prevention
http://www.goldcopd.org/Guidelineitem.asp?l1=2&l2=1&intId=1116

SCD - Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/blood/sickle/sc_mngt.pdf

Hemophilia

Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia: World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)
http://www.wfh.org/2/docs/Publications/Diagnosis_and_Treatment/Gudelines_Mng_Hemophilia.pdf

Guidelines for vonWillebrand Disease
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/vwd/index.htm

Schizophrenia

Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Second edition.
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=5217&nbr=3572

Schizophrenia Full National Clinical Guidelines on Core Interventions in Primary and Secondary care
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=42424

Spinal Stenosis

Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Spine Care
http://www.spine.org/Pages/PracticePolicy/ClinicalCare/ClinicalGuidlines/Default.aspx

Preventive Services

US Preventive Services Task Force Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm

Prenatal Care - Clinical Condtions

Nausea & Vomiting of Pregnancy
Preterm Labor & Delivery
Elective Delivery Recommendations
17-Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone (17P) Protocol

Domestic Violence

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

 

 

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