Safe Older Drivers vs ASH Practice Guidelines

The American Geriatrics Society developed this app under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), with the goal of helping health care practitioners prevent motor vehicle crashes and injury to older adults. Health care practitioners caring for older adults are in a leading position to address and correct this public health concern at the individual patient and caregiver level. By adopting preventive practices—including the assessment and counseling strategies outlined in this app—clinicians can better identify older drivers at risk for crashes, help enhance their driving safety, and ease the transition to driving retirement if and when it becomes necessary.

The ASH Practice Guidelines app provides easy access to every recommendation from all guidelines published by the American Society of Hematology (ASH), including rational for each recommendation and benefits and harms associated with each recommended course of action. The app currently includes guidelines covering venous thromboembolism (VTE), sickle cell anemia (SCD), and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The app also provides access to other tools and resources designed to aid in clinical decision-making, including links to the published guideline manuscripts, ASH Choosing Wisely lists, the ASH Consult a Colleague program, and the ASH Pocket Guides app. The app also includes links other tools and resources designed to aid in clinical decision-making, including to the published guideline manuscripts, ASH’s Choosing Wisely-related content, and the ASH Pocket Guides app.