Neighborhood Clinical Practice Guidelines

Listed is a complete set of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island's Clinical Practice Guidelines, based upon the most current available medical information and developed with the assistance of physicians affiliated with Neighborhood. The Guidelines are not intended to replace a clinician's judgment or to determine benefits administration; rather, they are designed to assist you in the diagnosis and treatment of some of the more common problems of your patients.

Since guidelines are dynamic tools it is important to note that, over time, Neighborhood may periodically revise them. Neighborhood will inform you of the Clinical Practice Guidelines that have been updated in each quarterly edition of Neighborhood News, available at www.nhpri.org. Hard copies of the Clinical Practice Guidelines below are available upon request. Please call Cesarina Elias at 1-401-459-6087 to request a copy.

I hope you find these documents useful in your clinical practice, and encourage you to call me, Stephen Davis, MD (Associate Medical Director) at 1-401-459-6015 with any comments or questions.

• 2006 Routine Preventive Care Guidelines
• Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (PDF Format)
• Clinical Practice Guideline - Diagnosis and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Primary Care for School Age Children and Adolescents (PDF Format)
• Prenatal Care
• Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy 
• Smoking Cessation in Primary Care (PDF Format)
• Use of Antibiotics for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infections
• Adult Diabetes Care
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Depressive Disorders in Adult Primary Care Patients (PDF Format)