CAHE Guideline Clearinghouse
A clearinghouse for Allied Health focused Clinical Guidelines
What is a Clinical Guideline?
- Clinical Guidelines bring together the best available research evidence
- They help guide clinicians in providing standardised care for patients
- They provide benchmarks for best-practice.
- They may be applicable to a number of allied health disciplines.
What does a Clinical Guideline look like?
- Clinical Guideline documents usually contain numerous evidence-based recommendations.
- These recommendations relate to specific elements of care for a particular clinical condition.
How do I know if a Clinical Guideline is of good quality?
- The quality of Clinical Guidelines is dependant on their currency and the rigor with which they have been developed.
- High quality guidelines are developed using evidence-based methodologies such as those recommended by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
- The CAHE guideline checklist can provide clinicians with a quick way of appraising the quality of a clinical guideline.
- Download a copy of the CAHE guideline checklist (PDF ...KB)
CAHE is committed to providing direct access to high quality Clinical Guidelines through this AH Guideline Access page, with the number of Clinical Guideline links growing over time. If you have a relevant allied health clinical guideline that you would like to see included in this list please contact CAHE's Julie Luker or Zuzana Machotka.
Health Conditions
- Acute Stroke
- Stroke Rehabilitation & Recovery
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Acute Low Back Pain
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Low Back Pain Prevention
- Pelvic Girdle Pain