PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the literature to examine the physical, social, psychological, financial, usability, and feasibility outcomes of Web-based interventions on caregivers of people with cancer and to identify potential trends in this body of evidence. DATA SOURCES PubMed, CINAHL®, PsycINFO®, and Inspec. DATA SYNTHESIS Six articles met inclusion criteria. Across studies, most careg...

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) offers decision makers a structured, rational approach with which to improve the return on resources expended. But decades after its widespread promotion to the medical community, policy makers in the United States remain reluctant to use the approach formally. Indeed, the resistance to economic evidence in the United States in an era of evidence-based medicine...

Modern clinical practice relies on evidence-based medicine (EBM) and evidence-based guidelines (EBGs). The critical evaluation of EBGs value is therefore an essential step to further improve clinical practice. In our opinion, correlating levels of evidence and grades of recommendation can be an easy tool to quickly display internal consistence of EBGs.

As businesses cut jobs and benefits including health insurance, patients may come to your practice with financial problems in addition to their medical ones. Assisting these patients without hurting your practice requires a little prevention and preplanning and some extra attention from your office staff. The good news is that the policies and procedures you put in place during these tough time...