Evidence- and Value-based Solutions for Health Care™
Clinical Improvement Consults, Content Development, Training & Seminars, Tools
Clients & Others Served
The EBM Information Quest: Is it true? Is it useful? Is it usable?™
Delfini Co-founders: Michael E Stuart MD, President & Medical Director . Sheri Ann Strite, Managing Director & Principal
Why Critical Appraisal Matters
 DelfiniClick™Evidence & Quality Improvement Commentaries |
Follow & Share...
Just-in-time Updates
Like Us 
Find Us
DelfiniGram™: GET ON OUR UPDATE LIST 
Who We Have Served
Thousands
served providing help in evidence-based practice such as critical appraisal
of the medical literature, evidence-based medicine, medical education resources, clinical quality
improvement, medical decision-making, health care quality, patient-centered
care, physician/patient communications, decision support, committee
work such as pharmacy and therapeutics and medical technology assessment
including tips for monograph development, leadership help including
specific help for medical leadership, clinical practice guideline development,
scientific reviews, cost analysis evaluation and more...
- Abbott Laboratories
- Acorda Therapeutics
- Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
- ADURS (American Drug Utilization Review Society)
- Aetna
- Allergen
- Alta Bates Medical Center
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Neurology
- American College of Physician Executives
- American Drug Utilization Society (ADURS) - Medicaid Pharmacists
- American Medical Association
- Amgen
- Amylin Pharmaceuticals
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- Blue Cross of Idaho
- Boston Medical Center
- Bristol Park Medical Center, Orange County CA
- California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG)
- California State Office of Administrative Hearings — Administrative Law Judges
- California Pharmacy Leadership Forum
- Catamaran Rx
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Clinical Pharmacy Services, Shrewsbury MA
- CommonHealth: Solara
- Department of Defense — various medical centers for Army and Airforce, DoD Pharmacoeconomic Center, and including work Mike Stuart has done for Bureau of Medicine, Navy
- Dermira
- Evergreen Healthcare, Kirkland WA
- Eurasiahealth.org
- Express Scripts
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Group Health Cooperative, Seattle WA
- Guidelines International Network
- Health Alliance Plan, Henry Ford System, Detroit MI
- Health Care Partners, CA
- Health New England, Providence RI
- Healthwise
- Humana
- Idaho Academy of Family Physicians
- Inland Empire Health Plan, San Bernadino CA
- Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City UT
- Kaiser Permanente — various centers such as Southern California and Hawaii
- Keesler Air Force Medical Center
- Kindred Health Care
- King County Health Care Task Force, Seattle WA
- LA Care Health Plan, Los Angeles CA
- Lown Institute
- McKesson — InterQual
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- MedMetrics, Shrewsbury MA
- Medtronic, Inc
- Merck
- Montefiore Health System
- Moody Air Force Base Medical Center
- NBBJ — global architecture and design firm
- Nellis Air Force Base Medical Center
- Northwest Pharmacy Benefits Group
- Novartis
- NeuroSciences Group, Boise ID
- New Zealand Guidelines Group, New Zealand Health Technology Assessment & New Zealand Cochrane Group
- Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights IL
- ODS, Portland OR
- Omnicare — various centers and national groups
- PacifiCare CA
- PacifiCare WA
- Parkview Health System, Fort Wayne IN
- Premera
- Pfizer
- Providence Health System, Portland OR
- Qualis Health
- Queens-Long Island Medical Group PC, NY
- Rainier Institute, Seattle WA
- Regence Group, Multi-state based out of Portland OR
- Salem Health System & Hospital
- Sanofi-Aventis
- SCAN Health Plan, CA
- Shropshire County Primary Care Trust, NHS, England
- State of Alaska
- State of California Department of Health Care Services, Sacramento CA
- State of California Medi-Cal Pharmacy Benefits Division, Sacramento CA
- State of California Medical Board through UCSD PACE Program
- State of Oregon Health Resources Commission
- State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Olympia WA
- St Luke's Medical Center, Boise ID
- St John Medical Center, Tulsa OK
- Sutter Health, CA
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- University of California, San Diego CA
- University of Louisville, Louisville KY
- University of Massachusetts, Medical School, Shrewsbury MA
- University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City OK
- University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston RI
- University of Texas, Houston and San Antonio, TX
- University of Washington, Seattle WA
- Valley Community Health Plan, Shrewsbury MA
- Veterans Affairs — various centers including work Sheri Strite has done for the Medical Advisory Panel and Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle WA
- Walter Reed Health Care System
- Warren Clinic, Tulsa OK
- Washington State Pharmacy Association
- WellPoint Inc
- Western Medicaid Pharmacy Administrators Association
- World Research Group
- Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, Yakima WA
Critical Appraisal Online Tutorial: A brief (and hopefully fun) online tutorial on the basics of critical appraisal of therapeutic interventions. The emphasis is on evaluating efficacy claims of primary studies using superiority designs.
........
Clients & Others Helped
Menu........
Use of our website implies agreement to our Notices. Citations for references available upon request.
Home
Best of Delfini
What's New
Blog
Seminars
Services
Delfini Group Publishing
Resources
Sample Projects
Notices
About
Us & Our Work
Testimonials
Other
Site Search
Contact
Info/Updates
........
Quick Navigator to Selected Resources
- Tools & Educational Library
- The Healthcare Information Problem
- Tutorials
- DelfiniClick™—commentaries
- On the Same Page™—patient decision support
- Evidence Messaging Scripts
- Delfini Publications
- Medical Leader Interviews
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Recommended Web Links
- Delfini Critical Appraisal Flier
- Get DelfiniGram™ Updates
.......................