Introducing In Practice

Introducing “Evidence for clinical practice”

Combining alternative medicine and conventional medicine approaches into an integral whole is called integrative medicine [1]. Combining the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values into an integral whole is called evidence-based medicine [2]. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is neither alternative medicine nor conventional medicine (though the expectation for evidence-bas...

Introducing COPD Research and Practice

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now the fourth leading cause of death globally, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that it will become the third most common cause of death in the world by 2030 [1]. In developed countries, current information estimates a prevalence of 8 % to 10 % among adults 40 years of age and older, whereas in developing countries, prevalenc...

I-7: Introducing Blastocyst Culture and Transfer into Clinical Practice

Introducing the Learning Practice--II. Becoming a Learning Practice.

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This paper is the second of three related papers exploring the ways in which the principles of Learning Organizations (LOs) could be applied in Primary Care settings at the point of service delivery. METHODS Based on a theoretical and empirical review of available evidence, here we introduce the process by which a Practice can start to become a Learning Practice...

Introducing Guidelines for Good Evaluation Practice in Health Informatics

Good evaluation practice guidelines have been developed through a consensus making process by a core team and the health informatics community. A set of 60 issues has been identified that is relevant for planning, implementation and execution of an evaluation study in the health informatics domain. These issues cover all phases of an evaluation study: Study exploration, first study design, oper...