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Quality Help for Quality Care Including Free Evidence-based Resources & Tools
An evidence-based healthcare approach matters to care for patients effectively, improve patient safety and reduce waste.
Help in understanding and applying medical science: evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice help in other disciplines for health care professionals and for others including patients.
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- Committee Management & Operations
- Technology Assessment Criteria
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- Study Summarizing
- Critical Appraisal of primary and secondary studies & secondary sources
- Evidence Grading
- Health Care Economic Study Evaluation
- Evidence Synthesis
- Wording Conclusions
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Establishing an operating Medical Technology Assessment Committee which relies on valid and clinically useful science can improve patient care and reduce the use of unproven technologies along with their associated expenses.
We estimate that the approval rate for new technologies will drop by an absolute 10 to 30% or more in organizations that develop and employ an effective evidence-based evaluation based on our experience at Group Health.
We have extensive experience with devloping and training technology assessment committees and staf fto help achieve optimal operations. If your current process for assessing procedures, devices and other new technologies is like most other healthcare groups, then the following is likely to be true:
Too much of the wrong information...
- Staff are filled with uncertainty about when a new technology is proven.
- Consequently, much of
the information gathered is not useful in deciding —
- Whether there is sufficient evidence to conclude the new technology is “proven.”
- Whether potential benefits outweigh harms.
- Whether covering the new technology adds value.
- Furthermore, most groups do not know how to package information so that patients and others can “triangulate” decisions about use of the new technology.
Committee members are working at odds with each other and with staff...
- Committee members need trustable information.
- Committee members need critical appraisal training.
- Committee members need clarity of process.
Committee processes are working against everyone...
- Are you voting? (Learn why voting can work against quality decisions.)
- Is your committee tasked with comparing devices? (Learn why this can create a host of problems for effective functioning.)
- Do you have clarity in your processes?
There is an ROI for an optimally functioning medical technology assessment committee.
We can help. Read below to learn how we have helped others and contact us to learn how we can help you...
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