2009 marks the 25th anniversary of ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines ... a milestone worthy of celebration! The creation of guidelines has been a joint activity between the ACC and AHA since the 1980s, advancing the missions of both organizations by providing clinical recommendations to improve cardiovascular health. Well-developed guidelines have the potential to enhance the appropriateness of clinical practice, improve the quality of cardiovascular care, lead to better patient outcomes, improve cost-effectiveness, and identify areas of further research needs. Past President Jim Dove, M.D., M.A.C.C., has addressed the challenges we’ve faced over past years, and the future of guidelines as he sees it, in a post on this blog in February.

If you visit ACC Central at booth 2062 (and you really should!) you’ll see our clinical materials all marked with the symbol on the right. We’re giving away free CDs of interactive versions of the guidelines and other tools that will work on your PDA and desktop. We also have the very popular pocket guides: 53 percent of you said that pocket guides are your favorite tool to implement guidelines, in a Lewin Report poll last month.

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