April 10, 2013 -- Internal medicine physicians and other clinicians can now access the evidence-based clinical recommendations from the American College of Physicians (ACP) through the ACP Clinical Guidelines mobile app.
Available for free on iPhone, iPad, and Android, the ACP Clinical Guidelines app includes recommendations from ACP's clinical practice guidelines and guidance statements. Users can conveniently access clinical recommendations and rationale, summary tables, algorithms, and high value care advice for all currently active guidelines in an easy-to-read and interactive mobile format.
"The ACP Clinical Guidelines app continues ACP's goal to improve health care quality by disseminating evidence-based clinical recommendations through innovative web and mobile applications," said Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, FACP, Director, Clinical Policy, ACP. "And the app will help save busy clinicians one of their most valued assets -- time."
Download the ACP Clinical Guidelines app at iTunes.com and android.com.
About the American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (http://www.acponline.org) is the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group in the United States. ACP members include 133,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Follow ACP on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/acpinternists) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/acpinternists).