Evidence Based Healthcare

EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HELP
Resources & Services for True Evidence-based Practice from Delfini Group ™

There can be a lifetime's worth of difference between “knowing the evidence”
and knowing what evidence is valid & clinically useful.

About Delfini Evidence-based Help

Too often the terms, "evidence-based medicine" (EBM) and "evidence-based practice" (EBP), are used in place of using a true evidence-based approach — and at great cost in patient outcomes and waste. Read why this hurts you and the patients you care for.

Quality Help for Quality Care
We are practitioners, facilitators and trainers in applied evidence- and value-based health care quality improvements and methods, and our work is highly-regarded as providing effective help to inform medical decision-making, create practice change and achieve successful outcomes for all.

Delfini is unique in the world of evidence-based medicine:

We provide effective, immediate solutions
We have evidence of our effectiveness in helping others through our methods and tools to improve clinical quality

We specialize in —

An "applied" approach that is practical and efficient
Rigorous methods for true evidence-based outcomes
Simplified concepts and tools
An engaging style that illuminates and entertains

If you are engaged in medical decision-making, improving health care quality, patient safety, medical education or education for other related professions such as pharmacy or nursing, or if you are in need of evidence-based medical information or the skills to do evidence-based work yourself, Delfini can be of assistance to you. We can help you improve patient care in many ways.

Quality in healthcare for your patients will be enhanced by using our evidence-based training, successful health care quality improvement methods, our rigorous approach to scientific review for developing clinical information and our patient-centered approach to patient communications and decision-making.

We create successful outcomes for evidence-based healthcare quality improvement.

For more information about services we provide, choose a selection at right or see sample service examples below, and to take advantage of our popular and freely available resources, visit us or contact us —

Visit us: www.delfini.org

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Evidence.Review & Clinical Information

Evidence-based & Communications Training

Evidence-based Committee Help

Quality Improvement Project Help

Consulting for Healthcare Improvements

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About Delfini & To Delfini.org

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Delfini average training program scores are 4.8 out of 5.0

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Sample Delfini Service Examples

Area	Service Examples: Performance & Training
Scientific Evidence Services Evidence Reviews including Systematic Reviews Clinical Recommendations & Clinical Practice Guidelines	Scientific reviews of medical technologies including monograph services and medical technology assessments for drugs, devices and procedures Creating science-based clinical recommendations Clinical guidelines development Research study design advisements
Clinical Content & Healthcare Communications Information Development & Packaging	Evidence-based medical information content development and packaging Healthcare communications development: health education pieces, information aids, action aids and decision aids
Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) Training for All Aspects of Evidence-based Practice Concepts, Methods & Processes for Critical Appraisal of the Medical Literature	Training in evidence-based medicine essentials: Introduction to EBM, its import and hallmarks of evidence-based practice Critical appraisal foundational skills required for evidence reviews (from improved reading of journal articles to systematic reviews) Advanced critical appraisal skills How to synthesize evidence into reviews and summaries Training in conducting systematic reviews and developing drug monographs and medical technology assessments Clinical guideline development methods training
Communications Training	Healthcare communications: tips on the development and implementation of information aids, action aids and decision aids Medical decision-making for providers and patients Provider - patient communication skills
Developing & Managing Healthcare Quality Committees and Groups	Development, organization and management of effective evidence-based committees, quality teams, journal clubs and other evidence-based working groups Deep experience with pharmacy & therapeutics committees (P&T), medical technology assessment committees (MTA), guideline development teams and other quality improvement teams Applying evidence, judgment and other triangulation issues Leading and facilitating mock P&T committees and medical technology assessments
Training in Clinical Quality Improvements	How to develop, organize and manage effective evidence-based committees, quality teams, journal clubs and other evidence-based working groups How to conduct a successful evidence-based quality improvement project: the Ten Phases Selecting good projects Assessing the impacts of practice change (including economic considerations) Effective implementation of clinical practice change Pearls and pitfalls of performance measurement Effective meeting management
Performing Clinical Quality Improvements	Facilitation of evidence-based clinical quality improvement activities
Leadership Assistance in Quality Improvement Quality Systems Assessments Performance measurement	Healthcare clinical quality system assessments Leadership development for quality care improvement Clinical integration of all aspects of EBM Development and implementation of performance measures
Consulting	Customized topics to meet your organizations’ needs

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EBM Solutions for Evidence Based Health Care Quality