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Role of Partners
Partners of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are drawn from the fields of primary care, public health, health promotion, policy, and quality improvement. Liaisons from these groups and from Federal health agencies contribute their expertise in the peer review of draft USPSTF documents and help disseminate the work of the USPSTF to their members.
Primary care partners include:
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
- American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
Policy, population, and quality improvement partners include:
- America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
- AARP
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Federal partners include:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Indian Health Service (IHS)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Veteran's Health Administration (VHA)
- Department of Defense/Military Health System (DoD/MHS)
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
- Office of the Surgeon General
Current as of December 2010
Internet Citation:
About the USPSTF: Role of Partners. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. December 2010. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/partners.htm
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