Translating Evidence into Practice 1998: Conference Summary

The following summaries are from the conference "Translating Evidence into Practice," which was hosted by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), in Washington, DC, July 27-29, 1998. Conference themes included evidence-based medicine, changing clinical behavior, the Internet and implementation, meta-analysis, and legal issues.

Contents

Introductory Remarks: How AHCPR is Making a Difference
right pointing triangle arrowOpening Remarks: Priorities of the Surgeon General
right pointing triangle arrowKeynote Address: Clinical Judgment and Evidence-based Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowUsing the Internet to Improve Knowledge Diffusion in Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowImplementation: 10 Years of Success and Failure

Session 1. Pooling Research Results: Benefits and Limitations of Meta-Analysis
right pointing triangle arrowThe Contributions of Meta-Analysis to Effectiveness Research
right pointing triangle arrowAdvantages and Limitations of Meta-Analysis
right pointing triangle arrowPooling Research Results: Benefits and Limitations of Meta-Analysis

Session 2. Shifting Standards of Evidence? From Coverage to Case Review to Court
right pointing triangle arrowEvidence and Coverage of Medical Technology by Health Care Plans
right pointing triangle arrowIndependent Medical Case Review: Is There Common Ground Between Decisions for Populations and for Individual Patients?
right pointing triangle arrowShifting the Standards of Evidence: The Courts and Scientific Evidence

Session 3. Computer Support in Evidence-based Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowComputer Support in Evidence-based Medicine: Bringing Guideline-Based Knowledge to the Point of Use
right pointing triangle arrowComputer Support in Evidence-based Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowComputer-Supported Preventive Care for Children

Session 4. Discipline-Specific Approaches to Evidence-based Practices
right pointing triangle arrowResources to Facilitate Evidence-based Practice
right pointing triangle arrowDiscipline Approaches to Evidence-based Practice
right pointing triangle arrowDilemmas and Realities of Evidence-based Dental Practice
right pointing triangle arrowDevelopment of Practice Management Guidelines for Trauma

Plenary Session
right pointing triangle arrowPresident's Quality Commission Report and Recommendations on Evidence-based Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowInternational Perspectives
   right pointing triangle arrowTranslating Evidence to Practice: Models for Evidence-based Implementation
   right pointing triangle arrowToward Evidence-based Implementation: The Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Review Group
   right pointing triangle arrowThe French Clinical Guidelines and Medical References Program
right pointing triangle arrowChanging Behavior To Improve Quality of Care
   right pointing triangle arrowClinical Judgment and Physician Decisionmaking
   right pointing triangle arrowThe Role of Information Systems in Improving Decisionmaking
   right pointing triangle arrowChanging Behavior to Improve Quality of Care

Session 5. Clinical Practice Guidelines: The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ and Structured Reviews
right pointing triangle arrowThe National Guideline Clearinghouse™: Overview of ECRI's Technical Approach
right pointing triangle arrowDevelopment of a Structured Appraisal Framework and Its Application in the UK

Session 6. Linking Evidence Reports to Practice Improvement
right pointing triangle arrowMaking Continuous Quality Improvement a Routine Part of Primary Care Practice
right pointing triangle arrowThe Stroke Prevention Policy Model: Linking Evidence and Clinical Decisions

Session 7. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Decisionmaking
right pointing triangle arrowIs the Societal Perspective in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Useful for Decisionmakers?
right pointing triangle arrowThe Once and Future Application of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
right pointing triangle arrowCost-Effectiveness Analysis and Decisionmaking in Health Plans

Session 8. Selling Evidence-based Medicine in the Medical Marketplace

Session 9. Grading the Evidence
right pointing triangle arrowGrading Articles and Grading Evidence: Issues for Evidence-based Practice Activities
right pointing triangle arrowEfforts to Grade Evidence Should Be Based on Evidence Lessons from Research on Randomized Controlled Trials
right pointing triangle arrowGrading the Evidence: The Consumer's Point of View

Session 10. Submitted Abstracts
right pointing triangle arrowFrom Policy to Clinical Practice Guidelines: Developing Evidence-based Guidelines in the Absence of "Evidence." Practice Guidelines on Screening for Prostate Cancer in the Province of Quebec
right pointing triangle arrowPutting Evidence to Use in Care of the Elderly
right pointing triangle arrowJanet Mentes, Ph.D. (candidate), R.N., C.S., GNP, Project Director, RDDC, Department of Nursing, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
right pointing triangle arrowPerioperative Antibiotics in Non-Emergent Bowel Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

Session 11. Using Information as a Tool for Change
right pointing triangle arrowIntegration of Guidelines into Real Time Clinical Tools
right pointing triangle arrowThe ABCs of Benchmarking: Achievable Benchmarks of Care

Final Plenary Session
right pointing triangle arrowEvidence-based Medicine: Academic Jobs Program or a Solution to Cost Quality Challenges Facing Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowProblems in the "Evidence" of Evidence-based Medicine
right pointing triangle arrowUpdate: Evidence-based Practice Centers™ (EPCs), Task Force on Preventive Health Services, and Putting Prevention into Practice

Closing Remarks

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