insightful description of evidence-based practice and elaborative application
Dear Timothy, thank you for your insightful description of evidence-based practice and elaborative application within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Based on your post, it is evident that the majority of healthcare organizations have embraced EBP in an attempt to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of care delivery and management (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2018). Healthcare organizations, especially those requiring registered nurse membership, should promote EBP by sharing new clinical information with members. These healthcare organizations are crucial in influencing the adoption of evidence-based practices by sharing any new clinical evidence as well as engaging nurses and other healthcare professionals in understanding EBP thorough frequent training and moderated discussions (Harper et al. 2017). My only worry is how nurses, as primary care providers, can gather and consolidate new evidence shared across various healthcare organization websites. Without vigorous commitment to learn and join multiple memberships healthcare organizations, I feel nurses could miss out on emerging evidence given the overwhelming care responsibilities bestowed on their shoulders.
References
Harper, M. G., Gallagher-Ford, L., Warren, J. I., Troseth, M., Sinnott, L. T., & Thomas, B. K. (2017). Evidence-based practice and US healthcare outcomes: Findings from a national survey with nursing professional development practitioners. Journal for nurses in professional development, 33(4), 170-179.
Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Thank you, Hajara, for your post. Indeed, the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) as one of the oldest teaching hospitals in the United States. As noted in your post, the significance of the facility is attributable to its large number of healthcare professionals – physicians, medical fellows, and residents in various medical specialties (UMMS, 2020). Working with 13 hospitals within Maryland provides an excellent avenue for sharing and ensuring the implementation of EBP information. Your choice of the organization clearly demonstrates how healthcare systems need to be seamlessly coordinated to facilitate the sharing of emerging evidence. Through the UMMS, new evidence is easily shared among the member hospitals leading to improved quality of care and uniformity in clinical practices. As noted by Correa-de-Araujo (2016), the major challenges facing the adoption of EBP in clinical practices is the lack of reliable dissemination channels. The lack of effective dissemination of EBP information is responsible for geographical variations in care. How can new evidence present in hundreds of organizations be seamlessly consolidated and disseminated to the healthcare facilitates?
References
Correa-de-Araujo, R. (2016). Evidence-based practice in the United States: Challenges, progress, and future directions. Health care for women international, 37(1), 2-22.
University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS).com (June 3, 2020). Retrieved from https://www.umms.org/ummc/community