Preventive medicine continues to be a major area of focus for primary care providers.  With what seems to be continual changes and updates to recommendations, having a go-to resource that organizes, compiles, and easily helps you care for your patients can be valuable.  The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) is both an app and website that has been designed to do just that.

Specifically, this resource is built around the most current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).  The user can specifically search for preventive health services that are advised based on factors such as age, gender, and behavioral risk factors.  Additional features can be based upon user preference, some of which include:

• Searching USPSTF recommendations by text word

• Email notifications when new updates/recommendations are published

• Ability to “bookmark” recommendations or resources as well as saving searches that are commonly used by individual users

• Access to other USPSTF preventive tools

• Printable or email-ready recommendations customized specifically for patients

If downloading the “app” to a mobile or tablet device, an internet connection is not needed for routine use after initial installation (the connection would be needed to receive future updates).  Currently it is available for use with Android, Apple, and Windows based operating systems. Additionally, ePSS can be accessed directly from the internet via the web (click here: https://epss.ahrq.gov/PDA/index.jsp ), so considering adding it on your browser as one of your favorites.