Evaluating the impact of implementing evidence-based practice
By: edited by Debra Bick and Ian D. Graham
Contributors: Sigma Theta Tau International
Series: Evidence based nursing series; Evidence-based nursing series
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa; [Indianapolis, Ind.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781405183840
Description: "'Evaluating the impact of implementing Evidence-Based Practice' is the third of three books on implementing evidence based practice in the Evidence-based nursing series published jointly by Blackwell Publishing and Sigma Theta Tau International. 'Evaluation and outcome measures for evidence-based practice' addresses the means to rigorously identify, evaluate and assess the outcomes of implementation of evidence into practice. 'Evaluating the impact of implementing Evidence-Based Practice' provides practical and effective guidance on how to assess whether implementation was effective, the full range of issues to be considered when measuring the impact of implementation and the range of approaches which could be used. It stresses the importance of ensuring the long-term sustainability of improvements in care and of measuring the use of interventions and innovations, in order to effectively evaluate the impact on outcomes and. It examines the impact of implementation on economic outcomes and the outcomes of importance to different groups including service users, clinicians, managers and policy makers. The approaches outlined in each chapter are transferable across a range of international, professional and healthcare settings"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of addressing outcomes of evidence-based practice / Debra Bick and Ian D. Graham; title: Measuring outcomes of evidence-based practice : distinguishing between knowledge use and its impact / Ian D. Graham ... [et al.]; title: Models and approaches to inform the impacts of implementation of evidence-based practice / Joyce Wilkinson, Neil Johnson, and Peter Wimpenny; title: An outcomes framework for knowledge translation / Diane M. Doran; title: Outcomes of evidence-based practice : practice to policy perspectives / Margaret B. Harrison; title: Implementing and sustaining evidence in nursing care of cardiovascular disease / Anne Sales; title: Outcomes of implementation that matter to health service users / Debra Bick and Ian D. Graham; title: Evaluating the impact of implementation on economic outcomes / Lisa Gold; title: Sustaining evidence-based practice systems and measuring the impacts / Barbara Davies, Dominique Tremblay, and Nancy Edwards; title: A review of the use of outcome measures of evidence-based practice in guideline implementation studies in nursing, allied health professions, and medicine / Christina M. Godfrey, Margaret B. Harrison, and Ian D. ?Graham.