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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.

Journal Article

Partnered Evaluation of a Community Engagement Intervention: Use of a Kickoff Conference in a Randomized Trial for Depression Care Improvement in Underserved Communities

This article evaluates a community engagement strategy employed in the Community Partners in Care (CPIC) study, the first randomized controlled trial of the role of community engagement in adapting and implementing evidence-based depression care.

Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article

Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria

This report addresses the need for clearer understanding of the evidence base regarding the effectiveness and context-sensitivity of patient safety practices and presents recommendations for future research on this topic.

Nov 30, 2010
Report

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units

To learn how hospital labor and delivery units can achieve effective and sustainable teamwork practices and how much such practices affect staff experiences and patient outcomes, RAND researchers studied five units as they implemented improvements.

Oct 7, 2010
Journal Article

Usual Care Psychotherapy for Depression in a Large Managed Behavioral Health Organization

Many depressed patients are receiving recommended psychotherapy but better tools are needed to monitor and improve the quality of usual psychotherapeutic care.

Dec 31, 2009
Journal Article

A Collaborative Approach to Identifying Effective Incentives for Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Depression Care in a Large Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organization

Giving incentives to mental health clinicians in managed behavioral health organizations to provide evidence-based care is feasible, but administrative barriers and limited clinical data may make implementation challenging.

Dec 31, 2009
Journal Article

Reducing Inequities Among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort

This project has implemented successful interventions to improve the quality of life and reduce disparities for children with asthma in Puerto Rico.

Oct 31, 2009
Journal Article

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes®

This article reports on a formative evaluation of efforts to build community-based prevention capacity in two states (Tennessee and Missouri) using an Internet-based system known as interactive Getting To Outcomes® (iGTO).

Sep 30, 2009
Journal Article

A Social Marketing Approach to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in VHA QUERI: The TIDES Depression Collaborative Care Model

This study found that social marketing, which applies marketing techniques to promote behavioral change, is a promising approach for promoting implementation of evidence-based interventions in integrated healthcare systems.

Sep 27, 2009
Brochure

Health Research Observatory brochure

This brochure describes the Health Research Observatory, whose mission is to provide insights to support evidence-based decision making in the policy and practice of health research through identifying and assessing international evidence.

Sep 3, 2008
Journal Article

Interventions in Organizational and Community Context: A Framework for Building Evidence on Dissemination and Implementation in Health Services Research

The effective dissemination and implementation of evidence-based health interventions within community settings is an important cornerstone.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

The Getting to Outcomes Demonstration and Evaluation: an Illustration of the Prevention Support System

Communities are increasingly being required by state and federal funders to achieve outcomes and be accountable, yet are often not provided the guidance or the tools needed to successfully meet this challenge.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

Rigorous Development Does Not Ensure That Guidelines Are Acceptable to a Panel of Knowledgeable Providers

Guideline acceptability should be independently and formally evaluated before dissemination.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

Using Existing Systematic Reviews in Complex Systematic Reviews

Drawing from their collective experience, the authors outline a series of steps that can help reviewers reach reasoned decisions about the incorporation of existing systematic reviews and enumerate potential hazards to consider in doing so.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

Providing Evidence-Based Practice to Ethnically Diverse Youths: Examples from the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Program

Discusses implementing evidence-based treatments for ethnically diverse youths.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

The Adoption and Implementation of an Evidence Based Practice in Child and Family Mental Health Services Organizations: A Pilot Study of Functional Family Therapy in New York State

Numerous challenges persist in providing evidence-based treatments to children and families in community-based settings.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

The Cumulative Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression on Outcome Disparities Over 9 Years: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Group-Level Trial

Quality improvement (QI) programs for depression can improve outcomes of care and reduce outcome disparities.

Oct 31, 2007
Report

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III (2004-2005)

Evaluates progress of the patient safety initiative led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), focusing on assessment of health information technology projects and dissemination of improved patient safety practices.

Oct 7, 2007
Report

Hospital-Based Integrative Medicine: A Case Study of the Barriers and Factors Facilitating the Creation of a Center

Presents the results of a five-year study of a hospital-based center for integrative medicine.

May 28, 2007
Journal Article

Teaching Systems-Based Practice to Primary Care Physicians to Foster Routine Implementation of Evidence-Based Depression Care

The authors believe the best way to enhance effectiveness is to build education into the system rather than rely on a separate system for education.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Putting the Practice Into Evidence-Based Dentistry and Health Services Research

For dentistry to enter into the new world of evidence-based practice, it will require some rethinking of the research enterprise in the profession.

Dec 31, 2006

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RAND Topic:
Evidence Based Health Practice

Topic Synonyms:
EBP;
Evidence-Based Practice

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