NGC Update Service: February 16, 2015

February 16, 2015 New This Week Guideline Summaries Department of Veterans Affairs VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of upper extremity amputation rehabilitation. VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the non-surgical management of hip and knee osteoarthritis. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology New Developer Anaphylaxis: guidelines from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. EAACI food allergy and anaphylaxis guidelines. Primary prevention of food allergy. EAACI food allergy and anaphylaxis guidelines: diagnosis and management of food allergy. Announcements Quality Measures Use the Related NQMC Measures Browse to find guidelines with associated measures available from the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. Health Awareness Topics - February 2015 AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month (see related guidelines) American Heart Month (see related guidelines) Conference News The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N/NA)and the Section on Evidence Based Health Care (SEBHC) of The New York Academy of Medicine are co-sponsoring the second conference on "Evidence-based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders" March 2-3, 2015 in New York City, NY.Registration is open.Conference objectives are as follows: To provide a platform for constructive dialogue between stakeholders in the development, implementation and use of clinical guidelines To enhance successful uptake, implementation and use of clinical guidelines through fostering ongoing collaboration between relevant stakeholders The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA)continues to sponsor a monthly webinar series on topics of interest to the North American guideline community. Information on upcoming webinars, as well as audio files and slides from past webinars, is available on the G-I-N Web site. NGC's Sister Resource Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).