NGC Update Service: February 23, 2015

February 23, 2015 New This Week Guideline Summaries Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Adult weight management evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. This updates a previously published guideline summary. Energy expenditure: measuring resting metabolic rate (RMR) in the critically ill evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. Energy expenditure: measuring resting metabolic rate (RMR) in the healthy and non-critically ill evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. Oncology evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. This updates a previously published guideline summary. Prevention of type 2 diabetes evidence-based nutrition practice guideline. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Dabrafenib for treating unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma. Announcements How to Participate Submit guidelines: Visit our Submit Guidelines page for information on how to submit your organization's guidelines. Suggest a guideline for possible inclusion: Submit yoursuggestions for evidence-based guidelines that you would like to see included in NGC. Suggest a Guideline Synthesis topic: We welcome yoursuggestions for guideline synthesis topics! 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).    How satisfied are you with this e-mail bulletin? Give Us Your Feedback