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1 online resource (660 pages) |
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First Cover -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Evidence -- Factors That Influence Evidence-Based Decision Making -- Table of contents -- Section I � 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 |
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Findings Reported across Clinical and Administrative RealmsSample -- 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 � Primary CASE SYNOPSES -- Clinical Practice Case Synopses -- Routine Electronic Fetal Surveillance and Use of Cesarean Section |
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Selection of Cases for Carotid EndarterectomySelection 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 |
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Heath Care Management Case SynopsesHospital 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 |
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Purported Benefits to Be Derived from the Use of DSTs in Health CareLimitations 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 |
| Notes |
""The Future of DST Development: The Market Perspective"" |
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Print version record |
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Public health -- Canada
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Medicine, Preventive -- Canada
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Children -- Health and hygiene -- Canada
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Adulthood -- Health and hygiene -- Canada
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Adulthood -- Health and hygiene.
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Children -- Health and hygiene.
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Medicine, Preventive.
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Public health.
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Canada.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9782895442141 |
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2895442142 |
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