Research Catalog

Title

Knowing what works in health care : a roadmap for the nation / Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services, Board on Health Care Services ; Jill Eden [and others], editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Eden, Jill.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services.

Description

xxii, 256 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

"Solutions to some of the nation's most pressing health policy problems hinge on the capacity to identify effectively diagnostic, treatment, and prevention services. This book provides a blueprint for a national program that would set priorities and standards for evaluating the effectiveness of clinical services, conduct systematic reviews of the available evidence, and develop and promote standards for creating clinical practice guidelines."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Practice Guidelines as Topic > standards
• Medical care > United States > Quality control
• United States
• Organizational Innovation
• Evidence-based medicine > United States
• Evidence-Based Medicine > standards
• Quality Assurance, Health Care > standards
• Medical care > Standards > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. An Imperative for Change -- 3. Setting Priorities for Evidence Assessment -- 4. Systematic Reviews: The Central Link Between Evidence and Clinical Decision Making -- 5. Developing Trusted Clinical Practice Guidelines -- 6. Building a Foundation for Knowing What Works in Health Care -- App. A. Acronyms and Abbreviations -- App. B. Workshop Agendas and Questions to Panelists -- App. C. Template for Submissions of Topics to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- App. D. Standards for Reporting Meta-Analyses of Clinical Trials and Observational Studies: QUOROM and MOOSE -- App. E. Examples of ECRI Institute and Hayes, Inc., Quick Turnaround Reports -- App. F. Guideline Standards: The AGREE Instrument and COGS Checklist -- App. G. Committee Biographies.

ISBN

• 9780309113564 (hardcover)
• 0309113563 (hardcover)

LCCN

2008008578

OCLC

• ocn212376122
• 212376122
• SCSB-5408847

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries