Making better use of evidence is essential if public services are to deliver more for less.
Central to this challenge is the need for a clearer understanding about standards of …

Background Health systems are currently subject to unprecedented financial strains.
Inappropriate test use wastes finite health resources (overuse) and delays diagnoses and …

“Building on extensive real-life experience with EBP, this expert team from University of Iowa
Hospitals & Clinics provides vital guidance to clinicians at the cutting edge of care …

Background A range of evidence informs decision-making on innovation in health care,
including formal research findings, local data and professional opinion. However, cultural …

Background Clinical guidelines offer an accessible synthesis of the best evidence of
effectiveness of interventions, providing recommendations and standards for clinical …

There is widespread skepticism among policy scholars and practitioners about the move to
rationalize policy making: The naive vision of “evidence‐based policy” is often contrasted …

This book explores what'critical'means for the talking therapies in a climate of increasing
state influence and intervention. It looks at theoretical and practical notions of'critical'from …

The creation of a network of What Works Centres in the UK reflects a belief that the provision
of high-quality evidence can improve public policy decisions. The literature on evidence …

Objectives Clinical guidelines support evidence-informed quality patient care. Our study
explored perspectives of South African subnational health managers regarding barriers to …

Calls for successful knowledge translation (KT) in health care have multiplied over recent
years. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in …