Practice Tools
Following are clinical practice tools created by various committees of the American Epilepsy Society.
Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Epilepsy Practice Tool
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)* about the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
Quality Measures for Epilepsy Care
Tips for Seizure Observation and Recording
Approved Terminology for AES Resource Documents - 2011
Definitions for development of AES documents such as Practice Tools, Position Statements, Guidelines, Checklists, Quality Indicators, Expert Consensus Statements and Review Articles.
Epilepsy and Employment Resource Central
A resource for physicians responding to employers about patients with epilepsy in the workplace.
Epilepsy and Women
Epilepsy Birth Control Registry & Physician Checklist
Medications
Medication List that can Provoke Seizures -Epilepsy Therapy Project Medications that can provoke seizures - Newsletter by Robert S. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D. Editor -in-Chief, Epilepsy.com FDA Labeling of AEDs
Epilepsy Quality Measures Approved January 2012
CMS approved the following quality measures for epilepsy as of January 2012.
Practice Management Course Handouts
Handouts from annual Practice Management Course
Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care Tool
Two practice tools that were developed for adolescent epilepsy patients, with a separate version for those with significant developmental disability. The tools are intended for clinicians to use in developing and implementing a process for the successful transition of an adolescent epilepsy patient into adult epilepsy care.