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Clinical Preventive Services include disease screening, immunizations, and counseling by healthcare professionals. Partnership's goal is to increase the use of high-value clinical preventive services and to eliminate disparities. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force assesses scientific information and recommends clinical preventive services. For more information, go to http://www.preventiveservices.ahrq.gov

Updated clinical guideline from the U.S. Public Health Service released May 7, 2008: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, Clinical Practice Guideline: 2008 Update

Partnership resources in this area include:

National Commission on Prevention Priorities has ranked clinical preventive services based on their health impact and cost effectiveness. The Commission uses innovative, evidence-based methods to assess the value of preventive services that protect and improve health.
Preventive Care: A National Profile on Use, Disparities, and Health Benefits, a report from the National Commission on Prevention Priorities that documents shortfalls in the use of clinical preventive services in the U.S. and the lives that would be saved if utilization rates improved.
The Health Professionals Roundtable on Preventive Services, staffed by Partnership for Prevention, provides a venue for primary care organizations to collaborate in identifying clinical issues and strategies for increasing use of preventive services.
Promoting Aspirin Use: Regular use of aspirin is a high-value clinical preventive service that can help men prevent heart attacks and women prevent strokes. Partnership has undertaken an initiative to promote the appropriate use of aspirin.
Strengthening Adult Immunization: A Call to Action. Immunization experts and stakeholders agree on 6 effective, affordable and feasible actions the federal government should take to raise adult immunization rates.
Welcome to Medicare Visit Checklists. Medicare now covers a one-time preventive exam within the first 6 months that Medicare beneficiaries have Part B coverage. Partnership developed materials to assist healthcare professionals in delivering the Welcome to Medicare Visit.
Welcome to Medicare Visit Checklist for Healthcare Professionals (2005)
Welcome to Medicare Visit Checklist for Patients (2005)
Information Sheet (2005)
A Better Medicare for Healthier Seniors: Recommendations to Modernize Medicare’s Prevention Policies (2003)
Recommendations in this book are designed to help policymakers increase Medicare’s emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. These recommendations would move the country toward realization of two of our nation’s health goals: increasing life expectancy and improving quality of life, and reducing disparities in health among different segments of the population.
Coverage for Clinical Preventive Services in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
Partnership conducted a national survey to determine the extent that employers nationwide cover recommended clinical preventive services. Results have been published in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion 20(3):214-22.
Why Invest? Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment
A report offering an overview of the results of a national survey on employer coverage for clinical preventive services, and comparing the results to key findings from Partnership's most recent rankings of recommended preventive services. The report also includes examples from organizations investing in preventive services for their employees and recommendations to employers for increasing the coverage and use of preventive services.
The National Chlamydia Coalition (NCC)
convened in 2008 to address the continued high burden of chlamydia infection, especially among women age 24 and under. The coalition strives to reduce the rates of chlamydia and its harmful effects among sexually active adolescents and young adults.
Also available:
- Preventive Services: Helping Employers Expand Coverage
  Focus groups with employers provide insight into how employers make decisions regarding preventive service coverage.
- Preventive Services: Helping States Improve Mandates
  State mandate data were collected to highlight how state laws affect coverage of these services.

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