Find the right tool before the visit moves on.

Preventive care and whole health

AAFP gateway to current screening, prevention, counseling, and population-health guidance.

USPSTF recommendations

Searchable current recommendations for preventive services in primary care, with grades and implementation detail.

Women's health guidance

AAFP reproductive, preventive, pregnancy, and midlife health guidance organized for family physicians.

AAP child and adolescent immunization schedule

The AAP's current recommended schedule, including notes, catch-up guidance, and medical indications.

AAFP birth through age 18 immunization schedules

Current age-based, catch-up, and medical-indication schedules adopted by the AAFP.

AAFP adult immunization schedules

Current adult schedule by age and indication, with detailed notes and downloadable versions.

Pregnancy care resources

AAFP clinical guidance and practical patient resources for prenatal, postpartum, and interconception care.

Methods for estimating the due date

ACOG guidance on pregnancy dating, ultrasound reconciliation, and documenting the estimated due date.

Perinatal mental health screening and diagnosis

ACOG guidance for screening and diagnosing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, suicidality, and postpartum psychosis.

Developmental surveillance and screening resources

AAP guidance, workflows, and tools for developmental surveillance, standardized screening, referral, and follow-up.

AAP oral health risk assessment tool

Printable pediatric oral-health risk tool with protective factors, clinical findings, and recommended interventions.

Oral health practice tools

AAP clinical tools for oral examination, risk assessment, counseling, fluoride varnish, and dental referral.

Alzheimer disease and related dementias resources

AAFP clinical guidance and practical resources for detection, evaluation, management, and caregiver support.

POLST programs by state

Find current state portable medical-order forms, program contacts, and clinician resources.

PREPARE for Your Care

Free step-by-step advance-care-planning program and state-specific advance-directive forms in English and Spanish.

PHQ-9 and GAD-7 screeners

Downloadable PHQ and GAD forms in multiple languages, including PHQ-2, PHQ-9, and GAD-7.

SCARED — child version

Printable child self-report Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders with scoring guidance.

SCARED — parent and child forms

Combined printable parent and child versions for pediatric anxiety screening.

Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

Brief bipolar-spectrum screening questionnaire with scoring instructions; use as a starting point, not a diagnostic test.

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Printable English and Spanish 10-item perinatal depression screen with scoring guidance.

Pediatric Symptom Checklist

Pediatric psychosocial screen with full and brief forms, youth self-report, scoring, and translations.

Primary Care PTSD Screen (PC-PTSD-5)

Five-item, public-domain primary care PTSD screen with scoring and follow-up guidance.

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

Fillable 20-item symptom measure for screening, provisional assessment, and monitoring change.

Columbia suicide screen (C-SSRS)

Healthcare and primary-care versions of the Columbia Protocol, with recent and follow-up screeners.

Intimate partner violence screening instruments

USPSTF evidence table summarizing brief validated tools including HITS, E-HITS, HARK, and WAST.

NICHQ Vanderbilt ADHD assessment scales

Printable parent and teacher initial assessment forms for children ages 6–12, with scoring instructions.

Note: This free first edition uses DSM-IV criteria; NICHQ directs users to the paid third edition for the newest version.

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1)

Official Harvard/WHO page with the 6-item adult screener, scoring update, background, and translations.

M-CHAT-R/F autism screener

Printable two-stage parent-report autism screening tool with scoring instructions and the structured follow-up interview.

Note: Use the complete copyrighted instrument without altering its title, instructions, items, order, or copyright notice.

AUDIT alcohol screening manual

WHO manual containing the 10-item AUDIT, guidance for use, scoring, and brief-intervention workflow.

TAPS substance-use screening tool

Interactive two-stage screening and brief assessment for tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use.

Substance-use screening tools chart

Comparison of validated tools for adults and adolescents, including TAPS, DAST-10, ASSIST, and CRAFFT.

CRAFFT adolescent substance-use screen

Official screening forms, administration guidance, and translations for adolescents and young adults.

NIDA Quick Screen and NM ASSIST

Printable substance-use screening and brief-assessment workflow for adult medical settings.

SCOFF eating-disorder questionnaire

Printable five-question eating-disorder screen with interpretation and referral guidance.

PRAPARE social-needs screening tool

Standardized protocol for assessing and responding to patients' social determinants and resource needs.

Social-needs screening implementation resources

AHRQ collection linking clinical social-risk screening tools and workflows for referral and follow-up.

STOP-Bang sleep-apnea questionnaire

Official OSA screening questionnaire with online scoring, risk interpretation, and downloadable resources.

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Official information and licensing guidance for the standard daytime-sleepiness questionnaire.

Note: The ESS is copyrighted; confirm permitted use before reproducing it in local forms or software.

STEADI Stay Independent fall-risk screen

Printable patient questionnaire for identifying fall risk in older adults, with scoring.

AHA PREVENT cardiovascular risk calculator

Estimates 10- and 30-year risk for total CVD, ASCVD, and heart failure in primary prevention.

ACC CVD Risk Estimator Plus

Web calculator with PREVENT models, risk-factor inputs, and primary-prevention decision support.

ADA type 2 diabetes risk test

Quick online and printable risk assessment that can be completed by a patient or care team.

CHA₂DS₂-VASc stroke-risk score

Estimates thromboembolic stroke risk in atrial fibrillation to support anticoagulation discussions.

NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

Gail model calculator estimating 5-year and lifetime invasive breast-cancer risk, with suitability cautions.

Tyrer–Cuzick breast-cancer risk calculator

Online IBIS model incorporating extended family history and personal risk factors, with a downloadable report.

PREMM5 Lynch-syndrome model

Estimates probability of a germline mismatch-repair gene variant to guide genetic evaluation.

FRAX fracture-risk calculator

Country-specific 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture, with or without femoral-neck BMD.

eGFR calculator

Adult and pediatric kidney-function calculator using current creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations.

Kidney Failure Risk Equation

Estimates 2- and 5-year risk of treated kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease.

FIB-4 index

Point-of-care calculation for advanced liver-fibrosis risk using age, AST, ALT, and platelet count.

Mini-Cog instrument and instructions

Rapid cognitive screen with downloadable standard and alternate-language forms plus administration guidance.

Cognitive Assessment Toolkit

Primary-care toolkit containing the GPCOG, Mini-Cog, Short IQCODE, AD8, and a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit algorithm.

GPCOG cognitive screening tool

General-practice cognitive screen with patient and informant components, downloads, and multiple languages.

SLUMS cognitive assessment

Official Saint Louis University assessment forms, instructions, and training information.

AD8 informant interview

Brief informant-based screen for changes in memory, orientation, judgment, and function.

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

Official test access, versions, training, and certification information for cognitive assessment.

Note: Training or certification may be required depending on use and setting.

Office-based geriatric assessment

AAFP guide to function, falls, medication review, nutrition, vision, hearing, cognition, mood, and continence.

Clinical Frailty Scale

Validated pictorial scale and training resources for summarizing baseline fitness and frailty.

Katz Index of Independence in ADL

Printable tool for assessing bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding.

Lawton instrumental ADL scale

Structured assessment of telephone use, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, medications, and finances.

Timed Up & Go assessment

Printable STEADI instructions for a standardized chair-rise, walk, turn, and sit mobility test.

COPD Assessment Test (CAT)

Official patient-completed measure of COPD symptom burden, with online completion and printable forms.

Asthma action plan

Printable plan for daily treatment, symptom zones, rescue medication, and emergency instructions.

SCAT6 concussion assessment

Standardized acute sport-concussion tool for health care professionals evaluating athletes age 13 and older.

Child SCAT6

Standardized acute concussion assessment for health care professionals evaluating children ages 8–12.

PECARN pediatric head-injury rule

Interactive decision-support tool for neuroimaging after pediatric minor head trauma.

SCOAT6 office concussion assessment

Multimodal office-based concussion evaluation for athletes age 13 and older after the acute phase.

Lund–Browder burn assessment chart

Printable adult and pediatric diagrams for estimating total body surface area of burns.

Ottawa ankle and foot rules

Validated decision rule for determining when radiography is indicated after ankle or midfoot injury.

Ottawa knee rule

Validated clinical decision rule for knee radiography after acute injury.

Canadian C-spine rule

Decision support for cervical-spine imaging in alert, stable trauma patients.

PSI/PORT pneumonia severity index

Estimates mortality in adult community-acquired pneumonia and supports outpatient, observation, or inpatient disposition decisions.

CURB-65 pneumonia severity score

Rapidly estimates community-acquired pneumonia mortality to help determine outpatient treatment, observation, or admission.

SMART-COP pneumonia severity score

Predicts need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in adults with community-acquired pneumonia.

Ottawa COPD risk scale

Estimates 30-day serious adverse events after an acute COPD exacerbation and supports emergency-department disposition.

BAP-65 for COPD exacerbation

Predicts mortality and need for mechanical ventilation in adults presenting with an acute COPD exacerbation.

DECAF score for COPD exacerbation

Estimates in-hospital mortality and helps identify admitted patients who may need escalation or may be candidates for early discharge.

Hospitalized COPD exacerbation treatment table

Concise medication and respiratory-support table covering bronchodilators, systemic steroids, antibiotics, oxygen, and ventilatory support.

GOLD 2026 report and pocket guide

Current GOLD quick-reference guidance for COPD diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and exacerbation management.

Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism

Calculates pretest probability of pulmonary embolism to guide PERC, D-dimer, or imaging decisions.

PERC rule for pulmonary embolism

Rules out pulmonary embolism without testing in appropriately selected patients with very low pretest probability.

YEARS algorithm for pulmonary embolism

Combines three clinical findings with adjusted D-dimer thresholds to determine whether PE imaging is needed.

Age-adjusted D-dimer

Calculates an age-adjusted D-dimer threshold for adults age 50 and older being evaluated for venous thromboembolism.

Wells criteria for DVT

Calculates lower-extremity DVT probability and guides use of D-dimer, compression ultrasound, or repeat imaging.

Hestia outpatient PE criteria

Identifies selected adults with confirmed pulmonary embolism who may be suitable for outpatient treatment.

Simplified PESI

Predicts 30-day outcome after confirmed pulmonary embolism and complements Hestia disposition assessment.

Canadian CT head rule

Determines whether CT is needed after minor adult head injury when the rule's inclusion and exclusion criteria are met.

NEXUS head CT instrument

Alternative decision instrument for adult blunt head trauma when head CT is being considered.

Glasgow Coma Scale

Standardizes eye, verbal, and motor responses for serial assessment of consciousness and coma severity.

Ottawa subarachnoid hemorrhage rule

Determines which alert adults with a new acute severe headache require investigation for subarachnoid hemorrhage.

NIH Stroke Scale

Quantifies initial stroke severity and supports standardized serial neurologic assessment.

IV thrombolysis eligibility for ischemic stroke

Rapid inclusion and exclusion checklist for IV thrombolysis; institutional stroke protocols and neurology consultation remain controlling.

Note: Use with the current local stroke protocol and specialist consultation; do not delay stroke-team activation.

ASPECTS for acute ischemic stroke

Standardizes early ischemic changes in the MCA territory on noncontrast CT.

ABCD² score for suspected TIA

Estimates short-term stroke risk after suspected TIA; it does not replace urgent imaging and a local TIA pathway.

SIRS and sepsis criteria

Calculates systemic inflammatory response criteria and summarizes sepsis and septic-shock definitions.

qSOFA

Rapidly identifies higher mortality risk in adults with suspected infection outside the ICU; not a stand-alone sepsis screen.

SOFA score

Quantifies acute organ dysfunction and estimates ICU mortality using respiratory, coagulation, liver, cardiovascular, neurologic, and renal data.

NEWS2 early warning score

Combines vital signs and consciousness to identify acute deterioration and prompt escalation of care.

Surviving Sepsis Campaign adult recommendations

Interactive recommendations for rapid evaluation, antimicrobial timing, fluids, vasopressors, source control, and ongoing adult sepsis care.

HEART Pathway for acute chest pain

Combines HEART assessment with serial troponins to identify adults who may be eligible for early discharge.

EDACS accelerated chest-pain pathway

Combines clinical features, ECG, and serial troponins to identify adults at low risk for a major cardiac event.

GRACE ACS risk and mortality calculator

Estimates in-hospital and post-discharge mortality after acute coronary syndrome is diagnosed or strongly suspected.

Modified Sgarbossa criteria

Assesses possible acute coronary occlusion in the setting of left bundle branch block or a paced ventricular rhythm.

Aortic dissection detection risk score

Structures pretest probability assessment when acute aortic syndrome is suspected and can be paired with a validated diagnostic pathway.

Ottawa heart failure risk scale

Identifies emergency-department patients with acute heart failure at higher risk for short-term serious adverse events.

Acute heart-failure diuretic summary

Direct table for initial IV loop-diuretic dosing, monitoring, dose escalation, diuretic resistance, and discharge preparation.

Inpatient diuretic guideline for decompensated HF

Complete practical guideline for safe and effective decongestion in hospitalized adults with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction.

ACC TreatHF

Interactive tool for optimizing chronic symptomatic HFrEF medication therapy after acute stabilization and during discharge planning.

Padua VTE risk score

Assesses venous-thromboembolism risk and need for prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients.

IMPROVE VTE risk score

Alternative assessment of three-month venous-thromboembolism risk in hospitalized medical patients.

IMPROVE bleeding risk score

Estimates bleeding risk at hospital admission when pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis is being considered.

PAWSS alcohol-withdrawal risk

Predicts risk of severe alcohol withdrawal before symptoms progress in adults admitted to a general hospital floor.

CIWA-Ar alcohol-withdrawal severity

Quantifies current alcohol-withdrawal symptoms to support protocolized monitoring and treatment in appropriate communicative patients.

Note: Use an alternative protocol when delirium, critical illness, intubation, or communication barriers make symptom scoring unreliable.

Canadian syncope risk score

Predicts 30-day serious adverse events after syncope and helps guide further investigation and disposition.

BISAP score for acute pancreatitis

Uses data from the first 24 hours to estimate mortality risk and identify adults who may need closer monitoring.

AKIN acute kidney injury classification

Identifies and stages acute kidney injury using creatinine change and urine output.

Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score

Identifies low-risk adults with upper GI bleeding who may be candidates for outpatient management after appropriate evaluation.

Oakland score for lower GI bleeding

Estimates safe-discharge potential and adverse-event risk in adults presenting with acute lower GI bleeding.

Practical inpatient approach to cirrhosis

Concise hospital guide to ascites, SBP, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, hepatorenal syndrome, nutrition, and transplant referral.

AASLD ascites, SBP and HRS guidance

AASLD guidance for diagnosis and management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome.

AASLD acute-on-chronic liver failure management

Hospital-focused approach to precipitant evaluation, infection workup, organ support, escalation, and transplant consideration in ACLF.

Paracentesis on admission with cirrhosis and ascites

Focused AASLD review supporting prompt diagnostic paracentesis in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and ascites.

Combined MELD calculator

Provides MELD 3.0, MELD-Na, and the original MELD for prognosis and liver-transplant planning.

Child-Pugh score

Classifies cirrhosis severity using bilirubin, albumin, INR, ascites, and encephalopathy.

CLIF-C ACLF score

Predicts mortality in acute-on-chronic liver failure and supports escalation and goals-of-care discussions.

West Haven hepatic encephalopathy criteria

Standardizes the clinical grade of overt hepatic encephalopathy.

Serum-ascites albumin gradient

Calculates SAAG to help determine whether ascites is associated with portal hypertension.

Official 4AT delirium assessment

Rapid interactive delirium and cognitive-impairment screen for general medical, surgical, emergency, and non-ICU settings.

Brief Confusion Assessment Method

Interactive bCAM assessment designed for rapid delirium evaluation in busy acute-care environments.

CAM-ICU

Delirium assessment for critically ill, intubated, or otherwise nonverbal adult patients.

Aid to Capacity Evaluation (ACE)

Structured, printable clinical interview for evaluating a patient's capacity to make a specific medical decision.

Note: Capacity is a clinical, decision-specific assessment; competence is generally a legal determination. Apply local law and policy.

Evaluating medical decision-making capacity

AAFP clinical approach to reversible causes, communication barriers, the four capacity domains, directed interviewing, and documentation.

Decision-making capacity quick reference

Concise bedside reference for assessing understanding, appreciation, reasoning, and communication of a choice.

AuSPEN refeeding syndrome consensus

Current specialist-society recommendations for identifying and managing refeeding syndrome and refeeding risk.

Refeeding syndrome assessment and management

Accessible clinical reference summarizing ASPEN and NICE risk criteria, electrolyte monitoring, thiamine, and initial caloric advancement.

NICE adult nutrition-support guideline

Guidance for identifying malnutrition and refeeding risk and for safely initiating oral, enteral, or parenteral nutrition.

NRS-2002 hospital nutrition screen

Screens hospitalized adults for malnutrition risk using nutritional status, illness severity, and age; scores of 3 or more support formal assessment.

Official MUST malnutrition calculator

Uses BMI, unintentional weight loss, and acute reduction in intake to identify adults needing a nutrition care plan or referral.

ASPEN adult nutrition-screening tools

Specialty-society collection of validated adult nutrition-risk screening instruments and implementation resources.

Inpatient basal-bolus-correctional insulin

Practical bedside dosing for basal, nutritional, and correctional insulin with adjustment for renal function, steroids, intake, and glucose patterns.

Endotext inpatient diabetes regimens

Dosing examples for eating patients, NPO status, continuous tube feeds, TPN, correction scales, and transition from IV to subcutaneous insulin.

Endocrine Society inpatient hyperglycemia recommendations

Direct recommendation list for correction-only therapy, scheduled insulin, enteral nutrition, glucocorticoids, pumps, and perioperative care.

Insulin management while NPO

Direct perioperative instructions for basal-dose adjustment, holding prandial insulin, correction coverage, monitoring, pumps, and long procedures.

Note: Patients with type 1 diabetes require basal insulin even while NPO; use local order sets and monitoring protocols.

Insulin during enteral tube feeding

Detailed protocols for continuous, cyclic, and bolus feeds, including interrupted feeds and hypoglycemia prevention.

Note: Create a feed-interruption and hypoglycemia plan; hold nutritional insulin when feeds stop unexpectedly and follow local protocol.

Zero to Three Parent Resources

Practical, evidence-based resources for families on early development, parenting, play, behavior, and caregiving from pregnancy through age three.

HealthyChildren.org

AAP parent-facing education on child health, safety, development, behavior, nutrition, and illness.

Familydoctor.org patient education

Plain-language, physician-reviewed handouts across symptoms, conditions, prevention, medications, and healthy living.

MedlinePlus patient education

NIH health-topic, medication, test, and procedure information in English and Spanish.

Smokefree quit resources

Evidence-based quit plans, text programs, apps, and patient materials for tobacco cessation.

DASH eating plan

Patient-ready guide, shopping tips, meal planning, and recipes for a blood-pressure-lowering eating pattern.

Poison Control online triage

Immediate case-specific guidance for swallowed, inhaled, eye, or skin exposures, plus the 1-800-222-1222 hotline.

LactMed drug and lactation database

Peer-reviewed information on maternal drug levels, infant exposure and effects, and alternatives during breastfeeding.

MotherToBaby fact sheets

Evidence summaries on medication, vaccine, infection, and exposure safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding.

AAP 2022 bilirubin management tool

Decision support for newborn hyperbilirubinemia thresholds and follow-up based on AAP guidance.

Newborn Weight Tool (NEWT)

Plots early weight change against hour-specific nomograms for breastfed and formula-fed newborns.

WHO child growth standards

Growth charts and standards for infants and children, including weight, length, height, head circumference, and BMI.

Clinical growth charts

Printable sex- and age-specific growth charts used in U.S. clinical practice for children age 2 and older.

Pediatric blood-pressure percentiles

Calculates pediatric BP percentiles and classification using age, sex, and height.

AFP point-of-care guides

Concise evidence summaries and decision aids for common primary-care diagnoses and treatments.

AAFP Clinical Insights

Current family-medicine guidance organized by acute care, aging, cardiometabolic, behavioral, preventive, vaccine, and women's health topics.

MDCalc clinical calculator library

Searchable collection of clinical equations, risk scores, decision rules, dosing tools, and guideline-based calculators.

TheNNT evidence summaries

Concise evidence reviews organized around patient-important benefits, harms, and numbers needed to treat or harm.

Cochrane Library

Search Cochrane systematic reviews, protocols, controlled-trial records, and evidence summaries for clinical questions.

Note: Abstracts and plain-language summaries are available; full-text access can depend on the review and local subscription.

Quick Draws mobile phlebotomy lab requisition

Fillable laboratory requisition and ordering form for Quick Draws LLC mobile phlebotomy services.