Table 1.

Clinical guidelines used in the gold standard and number of citations per guideline.

Disease Topic	Guideline Title	Medical Society	Number of Citations
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)	2012 update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. [20]	ACR	66
Asthma in Children and Adults	VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For Management of Asthma in Children and Adults. [21]	VA/DoD	31
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)	VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For Management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). [22]	VA/DoD	65
Outpatient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) 2007	VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For Management of Outpatient COPD. [23]	VA/DoD	95
Outpatient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) 2014	VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. [24]	VA/DoD	58
Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease	2011ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease. [25]	ACC	22
Stable Ischemic Heart Disease	2012ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. [26]	ACC	66
ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction	2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. [27]	ACC	69
Heart Failure	2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. [28]	ACC	88
Valvular Heart Disease	2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. [29]	ACC	32
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)	2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. [30]	ACC	56

ACC: the American College of Cardiology;

ACR: the American College of Rheumatology;

VA/DoD: the US Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines;