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Information Today December 14, 2009	Wiley-Blackwell Launches New Online Medical Reference Tool Synthesized from the most timely and late-breaking clinical evidence derived from the most respected medical authorities, this topic-oriented clinical resource tool is designed to help clinicians more effectively make diagnoses, chart treatment plans, and determine prognoses.
Nursing Management September 2010 Richard Hader	The evidence that isn't... Interpreting research When patients seek a healthcare practitioner for services, they believe that the delivered care is based on proven science. But reality is far from patient perception. In fact, most care is still based on anecdote, not evidence.
Managed Care July 2000 Collins, Hawks & Davis	From Theory to Practice: Identifying Authentic Opinion Leaders to Improve Care Diffusion of Innovations and Opinion Leader theories can be translated into practical applications to improve health care delivery and financial performance by applying them to influence referral patterns and decrease variations in care.
Nursing Management May 2009 Dawn M. Pope et al.	MRSA Reduction: Myths and Facts To prevent the spread of MRSA, organizations must commit to implementing evidence-based guidelines and providing ongoing education to address misconceptions and individual attitudes.
Managed Care September 2004 Tony Berberabe	Can Physician and Health Plan Get Together Over Guidelines? Physicians are not the only problem. Health plans too often view guidelines as rigid routines rather than flexible aids to good practice.
Nursing Management October 2011 Edna Cadmus	Your role in redesigning healthcare We need to rethink how we provide care and to understand the interconnectedness and the structure of healthcare by looking at it as a whole vs. the sum of its parts. As leaders we need to view the evidence as we rethink healthcare together.
Nursing Management September 2009 Richard Hader	Six Ways to Zero Defects Care delivery that's safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable is the challenge set forth by the Institute of Medicine in an effort to reduce medical-related errors
Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
Managed Care May 2000 Mark G. Weiner, M.D., and Eric Pifer, M.D.	Computerized Decision Support and the Quality of Care The notion of quality of care in medicine is not new, but it is becoming increasingly important as the competitive health care market demands objective measures to compare physicians, hospitals, and managed care organizations....
Managed Care May 2000	Interview: John M. Eisenberg, M.D., M.B.A. New name -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- new focus. The director says it's less about guidelines, more about preventing errors.
Nursing December 2010 Dumont & Wakeman	Preventing catheter-associated UTIs: Survey report This article reviews the results of the survey, discusses best practices, and provides evidence-based rationales.
Nursing Management July 2007 Coyle et al.	Dealing with Disaster Terrorism and naturally occurring catastrophic events provide fertile ground for nursing emergency preparedness, including deployment strategies. Are you ready to respond?
Managed Care June 2001 Darcy Lewis	National Guideline Clearinghouse: Extensive Resource Underused It's there on the Web, highly convenient. What keeps physicians away?
Information Today June 17, 2010	EBSCO Launches Corporate Learning Watch Corporate Learning Watch is a new evidence-based monitoring service that investigates learning techniques for corporate learning professionals and focuses on the methods that can be used within businesses to facilitate employee learning.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2011 Richard Gliklich	The Power of Observation Observational studies present a compelling real-world corollary to the classic randomized clinical trial.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2013 William Looney	Pathways to Progress Cancer is increasingly understood as a collection of rare and mostly treatable conditions rather than the impregnable, monolith portrayed in popular culture. Industry experts review current and pending efforts to turn great science into good practice.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007	Thoughtleader: Melissa Brown, Center for Value-Based Medicine Here, co-author Melissa Brown discusses her book Evidence-Based to Value-Based Medicine and what's driving the move toward value-based medicine, how it will affect pharma, and why executives should embrace it.
American Journal of Nursing December 2011 Mary K. Walton	Supporting Family Caregivers: Communicating with Family Caregivers A transformation is under way in acute care, at least in the United States, from provider-centered care to patient- and family-centered care.
Nursing Management December 2010 Raso & Gulinello	Creating Cultures of Safety: Risk Management Challenges and Strategies The role of the nurse manager in directing patient care and influencing change from a risk perspective is paramount to success.
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 Susan Louisa Montauk	The Homeless in America: Adapting Your Practice In 2004, the National Guidelines Clearinghouse placed eight guidelines from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council on its Web site. Seven of the guidelines are on specific disease processes and one is on general care.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Sharon Scott Morey	Practice Guidelines Headache Consortium Releases Guidelines for Use of CT or MRI in Migraine Work-up...
Information Today April 28, 2011	NIH Launches New Resource on Complementary and Alternative Medicine This new resource seeks to provide health care providers with the tools necessary to learn about the various CAM practices and products.
Nursing June 2012 Dumont & Nesselrodt	Preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections Mortality for central line-associated bloodstream infections is 12% to 25%, making them among the most deadly of healthcare-associated infections.
Managed Care November 2003 Martin Sipkoff	9 Ways To Reduce Unwarranted Variation Unwarranted variation in medical practice is costly -- and deadly. When the approach in one town is major surgery and in another, it's watchful waiting, you know there's a problem.
Nursing Management July 2010 Lois Welden	Transfusion confusion Over the past decade, literature has indicated that liberal use of blood transfusions results in poor clinical outcomes in the majority of critically ill patients.
D-Lib November 2005 Kostkova & Adams	HDL 2005 - the 3rd Healthcare Digital Libraries Workshop The workshop consisted of an interesting mixture of talks and discussions that again demonstrated the need for collaboration between the digital library (DL) technical and usability communities essential for developing successful real-world healthcare DL projects.
Information Today May 6, 2013	EBSCO Releases Social Work Reference Center Social Work Reference Center is a comprehensive reference tool that provides evidence-based information to social workers and other mental health professionals directly at the point-of-care.
Information Today September 10, 2009	EBSCO Publishing Makes Evidence-Based Flu Resources Freely Available The medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing are responding to flue concerns by making the latest evidence-based, flu-related information available for free.
Managed Care December 2005 Ricardo Guggenheim	Putting EBM To Work (Easier Said Than Done) Through widespread implementation of evidence-based medicine, the United States has its best chance of erasing the variations in care that currently extract such huge costs -- both human and financial -- from the health care system.
American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Gregg K. VandeKieft	Breaking Bad News This article presents an overview of issues pertaining to breaking bad news and practical recommendations for clinicians wishing to improve their clinical skills in this area...
Managed Care February 2008 Thier et al.	In Chronic Disease, Nationwide Data Show Poor Adherence by Patients to Medication and by Physicians to Guidelines A widespread approach that incorporates various stakeholders may be necessary to change adherence behavior.
American Journal of Nursing October 2007 Levensky et al.	Motivational Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Approach to Counseling Helps Patients Follow Treatment Recommendations This article will help nurses learn how to use motivational interviewing to encourage patients to adhere to treatment recommendations.
American Journal of Nursing January 2010	Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time.
American Journal of Nursing November 2011 Christine L. Cutugno	The 'Graying' of Trauma Care: Addressing Traumatic Injury in Older Adults Evidence-based strategies for managing trauma and its complications in this population.
American Family Physician August 15, 2004 Lang & Quill	Making Decisions with Families at the End of Life Because advance directives are not yet the norm, end-of-life decisions for patients without medical decision-making capacity are made regularly within discussions between the patient's physician and family.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Sue Barrowcliffe	Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options.
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Information Today January 30, 2006 Paula J. Hane	ProQuest Decides That Evidence Matters Medical professionals - and their patients - should welcome online medical search subscription services such as ProQuest.
Managed Care September 2006 Caprini & Hyers	Compliance With Antithrombotic Guidelines: Current Practice, Barriers, and Strategies For Improvement Deeply held, but not evidence-based, concerns about the possible risks of pharmacologic prophylaxis leave many patients at risk for DVT.
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Knowledge@Wharton August 27, 2003	Code Blue: Combating Rising Healthcare Costs Calls for Strong Medicine It's been said many times over that the U.S. healthcare industry is a sick patient in search of a cure. The metaphor is a grim reflection of how the country is coping with an aging population, rising costs and an inefficient healthcare delivery system.
Nursing July 2009 Penny S. Brooke	Legally speaking...When can you say NO? As a nurse, accepting responsibilities that are beyond the scope of your license or skill level can have serious consequences for you, your patients, and your nursing career.
Nursing April 2011 Sally Austin	Stay Out of Court with Proper Documentation Here is a practical guideline to help you document your assessments and interventions completely, accurately, and concisely. Doing so not only improves patient care, but also shields you from legal fallout if something goes wrong.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2012 Sarah Krug	Introducing the 'Chief Patient Officer' Now is the time for pharma companies to appoint a Chief Patient Officer, a new position designed to build an accord around patient trust.