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Clinical guidelines

Explore the Academy's evidence-based clinical guidelines:

Appropriate use criteria

Learn more about appropriate use criteria (AUC).

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Patient safety

Read patient safety studies and complete the Academy's Patient Safety in Dermatology online activity.

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Choosing Wisely

Review the Academy's 10 recommendations that can support conversations between patients and dermatologists about treatments, tests, and procedures that may not be needed.

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Quality measures

The AAD is working to expand the number and type of dermatology-specific measures. These measures are the tools to demonstrate quality, monitor patient care, and report to PQRS using the AAD’s clinical data registry DataDerm^TM.

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	Melanoma
	Atopic dermatitis
	Psoriasis
	Acne vulgaris
	Office-based surgery

AAD's clinical data registry, DataDerm™, is here

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Psoriasis Web app
Mohs AUC app

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Practice toolsClinical guidelines

The AAD is dedicated to promoting and encouraging dermatology research and the application of these findings to improving patient care. This includes the development of rigorous, evidence-based guidelines of care for dermatologic conditions.

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Practice toolsDataDerm

DataDerm is a clinical data registry — created by dermatologists, for dermatologists — to transform your practice and elevate the specialty.

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PublicationsJAAD

The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the official scientific publication of the AAD, aims to satisfy the educational needs of the dermatology community. As the specialty's leading journal, JAAD features original, peer-reviewed articles.

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