The ACR has developed practice guidelines to reduce inappropriate care, minimize geographic variations in practice patterns, and enable effective use of health care resources. Below are a listing of current guidelines.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• 2008 Recommendations for the Use of Nonbiologic and Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis – 6/08
• Preliminary Definition of Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis - 6/95
• Preliminary Core Set of Disease Activity Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials - 6/93

Osteoporosis

• NEW! 2010 Recommendations for the Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
  Endorsed by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
• NEW FORMAT! Clinician’s Guide to the 2010 GIOP Recommendations

Osteoarthritis

• Recommendation for the Medical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee -- 9/00

Other Topics

• NEW! 2011 Recommendations for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Initiation and Safety Monitoring of Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Arthritis and Systemic Features
  Endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation
• Guidelines for Referral - 9/99
• Guidelines for Clinical Trials in Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) - 3/95

Guidelines in Progress

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Gout.
  In progress. PI for this project is John D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD.
• Guidelines for the Treatment of RA.
  In progress. PI for this project is Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH.
• Guidelines for the Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Lupus Nephritis in Adults.
  In progress. PI for this project is Bevra H. Hahn, MD.
• Guidelines for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip, Knee, and Hand.
  In progress. PI for this project is Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH.