Clinical Guidelines
San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP) approves, adopts, and distributes evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines from recognized sources and promotes them to providers and members in an effort to improve health care quality and reduce unnecessary variation in care. SFHP’s clinical practice guidelines are also reviewed and approved by SFHP’s Quality Improvement Committee.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Other Useful Guidelines and Resources
- Initial Health Appointment (IHA) Tip Sheet
- US Preventive Services Task Force
- CDC Immunization Guidelines: Children and Adult Guidelines
- San Francisco City Clinic’s STD Prevention Guidelines
- CDC Tuberculosis Screening Guidelines and TB Treatment
- CDC Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
- California Smokers’ Helpline
- San Francisco Hep B Free Resources for Clinicians
- American Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines
- NIH NHLBI Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
- RAMP Asthma Action Plans
- SFDPH Asthma Home Visiting Program and Resources
- JNC7 Guidelines for Hypertension
- NIH NHLBI Management of Blood Cholesterol in Adults
- AHRQ Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
- American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures Guidelines and Pocket Guide
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, “Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: Committee Opinion”
- Providing Care for Children in Immigrant Families
- Implementing Palliative Care
SB 855 requires programs like Healthy Workers to use certain standards for medical necessity decisions for mental health and substance use disorder care, including those developed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Association of Community Psychiatrists, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and World Professional Association for Transgender Health. For more information on how to access training, training materials, or clinical criteria associated with SB 855, please contact compliance@sfhp.org.