Debra Bick & Ian D. Graham 
Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Evidence-Based Practice [PDF ebook] 

The Evidence-Based Nursing Series is co-published with Sigma
Theta Tau International (STTI). The series focuses on implementing
evidence-based practice in nursing and midwifery and mirrors the
remit of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, encompassing
clinical practice, administration, research and public
policy.

Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Evidence-Based
Practice considers the importance of approaches to evaluate the
implementation of evidence-based practice.

Outcomes of evidence-based practice can be wide ranging and
sometimes unexpected. It is therefore important to evaluate
the success of any implementation in terms of clinical outcomes,
influence on health status, service users and health policy and
long-term sustainability, as well as economic impacts.

This, the third and final book in the series, looks at how best to
identify, evaluate and assess the outcomes of implementation ,
reflecting a wide range of issues to consider and address
when planning and measuring outcomes.

* An informative, practical resource for an international
readership

* Providing critical evaluation of models and approaches to
measuring outcomes

* Explores the importance of measuring successful
implementation

* Examines outcomes in terms of long-term sustainability

* Addresses economic impacts and influence on health
policy

* Provides practice-based examples

* Written by a team of internationally respected authors

Tabella dei contenuti

Contributors’ information

Foreword

Preface

1 The importance of addressing outcomes of evidence-based practice (Debra Bick and Ian D. Graham)

Introduction

Why are outcomes of EBP important?

The development of EBP

What is evidence?

Models and frameworks to support research use

Why is it important to measure/evaluate the impact of EBP?

Why do interventions of unproven benefit continue to be

implemented?

The importance of outcomes in policy and politics

Conclusion

References

2 Measuring outcomes of evidence-based practice: Distinguishing between knowledge use and its impact (Ian D. Graham, Debra Bick, Jacqueline Tetroe, Sharon E. Straus, and Margaret B. Harrison)

Introduction

Knowledge use

Measurement considerations

Measuring knowledge use

Evaluating the impact of knowledge use

Measuring outcomes of EBP and return on investment

Conclusion

References

3 Models and approaches to inform the impacts of implementation of evidence-based practice (Joyce Wilkinson, Neil Johnson, and Peter Wimpenny)

Introduction

A model typology

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

4 An outcomes framework for knowledge translation (Diane M. Doran)

Introduction

Purpose of the framework

The focus on outcomes

Practice reflection based on outcomes

Outcomes feedback

Patient preferences for care

Facilitation to support change

Related theoretical models

Conclusion

References

5 Outcomes of evidence-based practice: practice to policy perspectives (Margaret B. Harrison)

Introduction

Background

Building the case for change for EBP

Understanding the environment and current care

Measuring the impact of EBP/care

Limitations of different approaches

Choose outcomes wisely

Conclusion

References

6 Implementing and sustaining evidence in nursing care of cardiovascular disease (Anne Sales)

Introduction

A brief history of the evolution of cardiology in practice

System approaches to changing delivery of cardiovascular care

Outcomes and their impact

Nursing-focused evidence-informed care for patients

with cardiovascular health problems

Conclusion

References

7 Outcomes of implementation that matter to health service users (Debra Bick and Ian D. Graham)

Introduction

Enhancing the contribution of service users to health service policy and research

Defining EBP priorities and outcomes from a service user perspective

Patient-reported outcome measures

Addressing the challenges and developing the evidence base

Acknowledgments

References

8 Evaluating the impact of implementation on economic outcomes (Lisa Gold)

Introduction

Economics

Economic evaluation of EBP

Barriers to economic evaluation–ethics and research efficiency

Conclusion

References

9 Sustaining evidence-based practice systems and measuring the impacts (Barbara Davies, Dominique Tremblay, and Nancy Edwards)

Introduction

The need for and concept of ‘sustainability’ of EBP change

Maintaining the integrity of EBP

Sustainability models

Strategies for more sustainable EBP

A suggested development process for indicators that

will be sustainable

Criteria for selecting sustainability indicators

Exemplars and issues around the sustainability of

EBP systems

Conclusion

References

10 A review of the use of outcome measures of evidence-based practice in guideline implementation studies in Nursing, Allied Health Professions, and Medicine (Christina M. Godfrey, Margaret B. Harrison, and Ian D. Graham)

Method and background on the reviews

Discussion

Conclusion

References

Appendix

Index

Circa l’autore

Debra Bick is Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery
Practice, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery,
King’s College London and Editor in Chief of Midwifery: An
International Journal

Ian D. Graham is Vice President for Knowledge Translation,
Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Associate Professor, School
of Nursing, University of Ottawa and Affiliate Senior Social
Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute