Evidence and information [[electronic resource] ] : making decisions / / papers commissioned by the National Forum on Health

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454329803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sainte-Foy, Québec, : Éditions MultiMondes : , : National Forum on Health, c1998
• ISBN: 2-89544-214-2; 1-4356-9895-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (660 p.)
• Collana: Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy ; ; Volume 5
• Disciplina: 362.10971
• Soggetti: Public health - Canada; Medicine, Preventive - Canada; Children - Health and hygiene - Canada; Adulthood - Health and hygiene - Canada; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""First Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Evidence""; ""Factors That Influence Evidence-Based Decision Making""; ""Table of contents""; ""Section I â€? Project report""; ""WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING WITHIN THE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?""; ""Background""; ""Factors Influencing Evidence Adoption""; ""Nature of Evidence""; ""Nature of Evidence Adoption""; ""Methods""; ""Case Study Design""; ""Primary Case Selection""; ""Embedded Case Selection""; ""Multistage Key Informant Sampling""; ""Measures""; ""Findings Reported across Clinical and Administrative Realms""""Sample""; ""Range of Adoption of Evidence""; ""Quality of the Evidence""; ""Dissemination""; ""Environmental Factors""; ""Administrative""; ""Economic Conditions""; ""Political Factors""; ""Liability""; ""Consumer Influence""; ""Personal/Professional Factors""; ""Summary of Findings""; ""Conclusions""; ""Recommendations""; ""Bibliography""; ""SECTION II â€? Primary CASE SYNOPSES""; ""Clinical Practice Case Synopses""; ""Routine Electronic Fetal Surveillance and Use of Cesarean Section""; ""Selection of Cases for Carotid Endarterectomy""""Selection of BPH Cases for Prostatectomy""; ""Implementation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules""; ""Pharmaceutical Case Synopses""; ""Promoting Appropriate Medication Use by Elderly Persons""; ""Appropriate Timing of Thrombolysis Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction""; ""Health Care Delivery Case Synopses""; ""Implementation of Second-Dose Measles Vaccine""; ""Implementation of Addiction Treatment Programs for Aboriginal People""; ""Implementation of Breast-Screening Programs""; ""Implementation of Acupuncture Programs""; ""Heath Care Management Case Synopses""""Hospital Closures""; ""Labour Substitution in Acute Care Nursing""; ""Bibliography""; ""Decision Support Tools in Health Care""; ""Table of contents""; ""Decision Support Tools in Health Care""; ""Guiding statement""; ""Introduction and definition""; ""Evidence-based health care""; ""Decision support tools""; ""Conceptual Model""; ""Developmental History of Decision Support Tools""; ""Growth of DSTs""; ""The Evolution of Information Technology and DSTs""; ""The Scope of Decision Support in Health Care""; ""Purported Benefits to Be Derived from the Use of DSTs in Health Care""""Limitations of DSTs in Health Care""; ""Theoretical Limitations""; ""People-Related Limitations""; ""Technical Limitations""; ""Evaluation Limitations""; ""Cost Limitations""; ""Scope of Present and Future Applications""; ""Methodology""; ""Audit of DSTs""; ""Survey of Health Care DST Use""; ""Results""; ""DST Audit Results""; ""Survey Results""; ""Discussion""; ""The Future of DSTs: The Clinical Practice and Institutional Management Perspective""; ""The Ideal DST Project""; ""The Future of DST Development: The Market Perspective""