| Summary: | HSTAT is a free, electronic resource that provides access to the full-text documents useful in health care decision making. HSTAT includes: clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guide for clinicians, consumer brochures, and evidence reports sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR); AHCPR technology assessment reports; National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus development conference and technology assessment reports; NIH Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center research protocols; HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) resource documents; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT) treatment improvement protocols; and the Public Health Service (PHS) Preventive Services Task Force Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. It also provides a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Guidelines Database. HSTAT was developed by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Information Technology Branch of the Lister Hill Center, and is part of the expanded Health Services Research Information Program coordinated by NLM's National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). NICHSR works closely with AHCPR to improve the organization and dissemination of the results of health services research, including practice guidelines and technology assessments
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