Widening the Reach of Evidence-Based Medicine

There is no question that everyone wins - patients, providers, health insurers and employers - when caregivers practice evidence-based medicine (EBM). EBM must be shared with and used by everyone involved in a patient's care. Information technology can go a long way toward easing the disseminat...

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Published inHealth management technology Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 58
Main Author Mitus, A Jacqueline
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sarasota Endeavor Business Media 01.01.2004
Subjects
Caregivers
Clinical decision making
Consumers
Cost control
Decision making
Decision support systems
Evidence-based medicine
Guidelines
Health care
Health care delivery
Health insurance
Information sources
Medicine
Nurses
Patients
Physicians
Quality of service
Statistical data
United States > US
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Summary:There is no question that everyone wins - patients, providers, health insurers and employers - when caregivers practice evidence-based medicine (EBM). EBM must be shared with and used by everyone involved in a patient's care. Information technology can go a long way toward easing the dissemination and use of EBM, but clinical decision support tools are still far from the norm in day-to-day practice. These tools are often viewed as impediments or unnecessary burdens, interfering with the art of medicine. Of all healthcare constituents, health plans are best positioned to influence the quality of care by supporting informed decision-making. The key is to provide consistent, evidence-based care information to both providers and consumers - information that complements the information the health plan itself uses to evaluate caregivers' provision of services.
ISSN:1074-4770