A few years ago, I had a patient who affectionately went by the name “Pops.” At 85 years young, he was full of life and juggling multiple health issues alongside prostate cancer, yet determined not to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Kit helps organizations implement Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT), the evidence-based practice. It is ...

Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive ...

The Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 46, No. 5, Special Issue Devoted to Research in Nursing Administration (May 2016), pp. 278-283 (6 pages) OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine ...

When I first heard the expression “evidence-based medicine”, I thought: What, there’s another kind? I soon learned that a lot of medical practice is based on tradition rather than on clinical trials, ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer, Health today announced the launch of Ovid® Synthesis, a new suite of applications to power highly effective evidence-based workflows in the healthcare ...

The ACT Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) KIT helps organizations implement Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), the evidence-based practice. It is produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...