Resources
Clinical Recommendations AAFP
Offers members formal evidence-based clinical recommendations for diagnosing or managing specific conditions, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
Epocrates
Access to up-to-date information and resources designed to help you make more informed clinical decisions. See how epocrates® can help support you throughout your day.
Free CME: Stay Updated and Earn Free CME Credit
Health Equity: Leading the Change Learn about and advance equitable health care for all in this free CME course. assignment 6.5 OffersCredits Online
Smiles for Life Oral Health
Smiles For Life produces educational resources to ensure the integration of oral health and primary care
CDC vaccinations for your family
Guide for parents and caregivers to ensure their child is up-to-date on recommended childhood vaccines.
Neighborhood Navigator
Offers screening tools to identify patients’ social needs and address health equity in your practice. Improve social determinants of health among your patients.
United States Preventive Services Taskforce
A scientifically independent, volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine.
- Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool – The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool allows health professionals to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer over the next 5 years and up to age 90 (lifetime risk).
- Bright Futures – The Bright Futures Guidelines provide theory-based and evidence-driven guidance for all preventive care screenings and health supervision visits. Bright Futures content can be incorporated into many public health programs such as home visiting, child care, school-based health clinics and many others. Materials developed especially for families are also available.
- CDC Immunization for Providers – Immunization Schedules, Vaccine Administration, Storage and Handling, Immunization Education & Training, General Best Practices for Immunization, The Pink Book
- Clinical Practice Guidelines – Clinical practice guidelines are recommendations for clinicians about the care of patients with specific conditions.
- Deplin – For Healthcare Professionals
- Epocrates – epocrates delivers the most current safety, diagnostic, and treatment information, right when you need it. Find what you need, faster.
- FRAX ( Osteoporosis calculator) – The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, or FRAX, is a free online tool that estimates your risk of having a hip or other major fracture in the next 10 years, especially if you have osteoporosis.
- GeneSight – The GeneSight test analyzes clinically important genetic variations in your DNA. Results can inform your doctor about how you may break down or respond to certain medications commonly prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other psychiatric conditions.
- MedCalc – MedCalc is a statistical software package for biomedical research. Statistics include more than 220 statistical tests, procedures and graphs.
- MCHAT – This questionnaire, which can be found online, is used to assess risk for autism spectrum disorder in children who are between 16 and 30 months old.
- Metanx – For Healthcare Professionals
- My Plate – MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime. MyPlate offers ideas and tips to help you create an eating style that meets your individual needs and can improve your health. MyPlate offers recipes, tips for eating healthy on a budget and many other helpful resources.
- PERRLA, LLC – Write in Word or on the web – it’s your choice. Every PERRLA subscription includes PERRLA for Word & PERRLA Online so you can write your papers however you feel comfortable.. PERRLA for Word works directly with Microsoft Word to handle every part of APA & MLA formatting for you. Available for Windows & Mac. PERRLA Online lets you write your papers from anywhere with our web-based editor.
- Sanford guide antimicrobial therapy – Widely used by pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and nurses, Sanford Guide improves patient care by providing carefully curated recommendations based on the latest evidence.
- SLUMS – The Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS) is a method of screening for Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia.
- UpToDate – UpToDate is a subscription-based resource designed to provide physicians access to current clinical information. It addresses specific clinical issues in the form of topic reviews.
- USPTF – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services.
- VAX Advisor Mobile App – Use PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor to quickly and easily determine which pneumococcal vaccines a patient needs and when. PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor App for Vaccine Providers
Written specifically for student and new nurse practitioners, this guide presents the essentials of how to document, code, bill, and get reimbursed for services provided in practice.
Coding is a core skill that requires practice and a nurse practitioner is responsible for the accuracy of codes submitted on a claim form. This book covers the context and background for billing and coding, how to document correctly, the 2021/2023 evaluation and management coding changes, specialty services, the legal implications of coding, and medical necessity. Using a read it, see it, do it approach as a learning strategy, the book includes case studies from a range of inpatient and outpatient settings and practice exercises to try out your skills. Resources linked to updates on billing and coding rules are provided as an appendix to ensure the content can be applicable long term.
This text is an invaluable resource for students and nurse practitioners new to coding and billing.
Health Promotions for Providers
Author(s): Carol Berger , Joanne Kern , Mykale Elbe
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 149
This book is an essential resource for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and other healthcare professionals focused on delivering comprehensive, patient-centered preventive care. Each chapter addresses a key aspect of promoting wellness and preventive health in diverse populations.