Finding What Works in Health Care
Title | Finding What Works in Health Care PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2011-07-20 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309164257 |
Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.
U.S. Government Research & Development Reports
Title | U.S. Government Research & Development Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
NSF's Oversight of the NEON Project and Other Major Research Facilities Developed Under Cooperative Agreements
Title | NSF's Oversight of the NEON Project and Other Major Research Facilities Developed Under Cooperative Agreements PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Oversight |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Research institutes |
ISBN |
Report of the Study Team
Title | Report of the Study Team PDF eBook |
Author | India. Study Team on Machinery of the Government of India and Its Procedures of Work |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Executive departments |
ISBN |
Program Manager
Title | Program Manager PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1992-05 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
U.S. Government Research and Development Reports
Title | U.S. Government Research and Development Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Research in Education
Title | Research in Education PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 974 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Education |
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