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The goal of EBN is to improve the health and safety of patients while also providing care in a cost-effective manner to improve the outcomes for both the patient and the healthcare system. EBN is a process founded on the collection, interpretation, appraisal, and integration of valid, clinically significant, and applicable research.
Ambulatory care registered nurses in the emergency care setting are increasingly called upon to implement evidence based practices (EBP), such as filling empty E.D. beds with unregistered and not-yet-triaged patients to increase the efficiency of patient throughput, decrease the 'left without being seen' rate, and decrease the 'door to ...
A patient-reported outcome (PRO) is a health outcome directly reported by the patient who experienced it. It stands in contrast to an outcome reported by someone else, such as a physician -reported outcome, a nurse -reported outcome, and so on.
Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...
Based on studies of barriers to shared decision-making as perceived by health professionals [64] and patients, [65] many researchers are developing sound, theory-based training programs and decision aids, and evaluating their results. Canada has established a research chair that focusses on practical methods for promoting and implementing ...
Unwarranted variations in medical practice refer to the differences in care that cannot be explained by the illness/medical need or by patient preferences. The term “unwarranted variations” was first coined by Dr. John Wennberg when he observed small area (geographic) and practice style variations, which were not based on clinical rationale. [5]
Whole-person specialty care, a model where a comprehensive care team works together to coordinate personalized and individualized treatment, is offering renewed hope for patients.
A medical doctor explaining an X-ray to a patient. Several factors help increase patient participation, including understandable and individual adapted information, education for the patient and healthcare provider, sufficient time for the interaction, processes that provide the opportunity for the patient to be involved in decision-making, a positive attitude from the healthcare provider ...