Evidence Based Health Practice

Evidence-based health practice applies the scientific method to use the best available evidence—from physical exams, diagnostic reviews, medical research, and known risks and benefits of treatment options—when making medical decisions. RAND has investigated the impact of adopting evidence-based health practices on patient care and health care policies, and the greater implications of using a national quality measurement and reporting system.

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Interventions that Increase the Utilization of Medicare-Funded Preventive Services for Persons Age 65 and Older

Reviews the evidence for effectiveness of the screening/vaccination programs currently covered by Medicare: influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, screening mammography, cervical smear cytology, and colon cancer screening.

Jan 1, 2003
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Health Risk Appraisals and Medicare

Reviews the effectiveness of Health Risk Appraisals among the Medicare population for a number of variables, including exercise habits, use of cancer screenings, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, health status, and psychological state.

Jan 1, 2003
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The Limits of an Evidence-Based Classification of Mental Disorders

Evidence-based approaches to psychiatric classification are essential to assure the credibility of the field and to conform to scientific standards.

Jan 1, 2002
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Evidence-based Health Policy Versus Evidence-Based Medicine

Argues that the most valuable research integrates information from three levels of investigation: clinical efficacy studies; real life effectiveness research, including studies of cost-effectiveness; and health policy research.

Jan 1, 2002
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Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion

Develop clinical practice guidelines or medical review criteria for OME.

Jan 1, 2002
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Expert Panels and Evidence: The RAND Alternative

In this article the author will highlight the RAND Expert Panel.

Oct 1, 2001
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Evidence-based Dentistry and Health Services Research: Is One Possible Without the Other?

Barriers have been identified in the literature to the implementation of evidence-based practice in dentistry.

Jan 1, 2001
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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Obstruction: How Can Clinical Expertise Contribute to Rational Management?

Results may be useful in complementing evidence-based guidelines for LUTS suggestive of BPO in the gray area of treatment choice.

Jan 1, 2001
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The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual

This manual presents step-by-step guidelines for conceptualising, designing, and carrying out a study of the appropriateness of medical or surgical procedures (for either diagnosis or treatment) using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.

Jan 1, 2001
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Changing Professional Practice in Health Care: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies of Perceptions in Guideline Implementation

Annotated bibliography of survey and other instruments aimed at understanding the subjectively experienced facilitators and barriers to implementing evidence-based changes in professional practice, as perceived by health care deliverers.

Jan 1, 1999
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Carl Berdahl

Affiliated Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher
Education M.S. in health care policy and management, UCLA; M.D. in medicine, Yale University; B.A. in music performance, UCLA; Residency in emergency medicine, L.A. County + USC
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Nicole K. Eberhart

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in clinical psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in psychology, University of Pennsylvania
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Charles C. Engel

Senior Physician Policy Researcher
Education M.P.H. in epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health; M.D. in medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; B.S. in biology, University of Washington
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Susanne Hempel

Director, Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center; Affiliated Adjunct
Education Ph.D. in psychology, University of Halle-Wittenberg
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Stephanie Brooks Holliday

Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Drexel University; M.S. in psychology, Drexel University; B.S. in psychology, Duke University
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Marcela Horvitz-Lennon

Senior Physician Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.D. in medicine with intern, Pontifical Catholic University; M.P.H. in public health, Johns Hopkins University
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Breanne Johnsen

Research Assistant
Education B.S. in speech and hearing sciences, University of Washington
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Lori Frank

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D. in human development/gerontology, The Pennsylvania State University; M.A. in psychology/biopsychology, The Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in biology/psychology, University of Delaware
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Kristie L. Gore

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D., M.A. in clinical psychology, American University; B.A. in psychology, University of Virginia
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Sean Grant

Adjunct Behavioral and Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in social intervention, University of Oxford; M.Sc. in evidence-based social intervention, University of Oxford; B.A. in psychology, Loyola Marymount University; B.A.. in philosophy, Loyola Marymount University

RAND Topic:
Evidence Based Health Practice

Topic Synonyms:
EBP;
Evidence-Based Practice

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Evidence Based Health Practice

Interventions that Increase the Utilization of Medicare-Funded Preventive Services for Persons Age 65 and Older

Health Risk Appraisals and Medicare

The Limits of an Evidence-Based Classification of Mental Disorders

Evidence-based Health Policy Versus Evidence-Based Medicine

Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion

Expert Panels and Evidence: The RAND Alternative

Evidence-based Dentistry and Health Services Research: Is One Possible Without the Other?

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Obstruction: How Can Clinical Expertise Contribute to Rational Management?

The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual

Changing Professional Practice in Health Care: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies of Perceptions in Guideline Implementation

Carl Berdahl

Nicole K. Eberhart

Charles C. Engel

Susanne Hempel

Stephanie Brooks Holliday

Marcela Horvitz-Lennon

Breanne Johnsen

Lori Frank

Kristie L. Gore

Sean Grant

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