To significantly impact the improvement of quality in healthcare, one needs to apply evidence-based practice (EBP). Without EBP, healthcare providers are at risk for variances in care that could ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines evidence-based practice (EBP) as an interdisciplinary approach to clinical decision-making that includes the best available evidence, care context and ...

The Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence was established by the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in 1998 with a generous endowment from Sarah Cole Hirsh. The ...

The Iowa Model of EBP was developed by Marita G. Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director Nursing Research, Quality and Outcomes Management, Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care, University of Iowa ...

Evidence-based practice is held as the gold standard in patient care, yet research suggests it takes hospitals and clinics about 17 years to adopt a practice or treatment after the first systematic ...

An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will develop a framework to evaluate existing clinical practice guidelines for prescribing ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

In 2006, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton noted in their 2006 Harvard Business Review article the emergence of evidence-based medicine and suggested that practice of management too could profit ...

A committee will examine and analyze road safety research, tools, and resources used by practitioners. A National Academies consensus study committee will examine the influence of safety research on ...