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The Delfini Showcase is a collection of evidence-based practice and clinical improvement projects, products and relationships that we are really proud of as examples of our work and efforts of our fine colleagues and which also which may be of help to others as resources, inspirations, contacts or ideas for improvements.
We give you examples for critical appraisal, clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, quality improvement projects, education initiatives and more.
Note: Not all items are up-to-date, but they represent a good example of our work plus a reminder that we have many other resources are available at Resources.
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- Alphabetical Listing (listings include synonyms so titles may not directly match)
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Alphabetical
Listing of Resources
(numbers do not correspond to
descriptive listing order; synonyms applied)
- Arthroscopic Lavage & Debridement for OA Knee
- Blood Pressure Management
- Clinical Guideline: CKD
- Clincal Guideline: IBS
- Clinical Guideline: VTE
- Continuing
Medical Education and Pharmacist Education Conference Example of Past
Work: Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Evidence-based Medicine Conference:
The Essentials: "Talk Story; Talk Evidence TM" - Critical Appraisal example: Gerd/Gord
- Debridement for OA Knee
- EBM Training Initiative: Blue Cross Idaho
- EBM Training Initiative: McKesson
- EBM Training Initiative: Regence
- Employers' Program
- Gerd/Gord and Radio Ablation
- High Blood Pressure Management
- Hypertension (HTN) Management
- Intensive
Insulin Therapy for The Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Critically Ill
Adults:
A Qualitative Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Evidence - Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Guideline: CKD
- Kaiser Permanente Guideline: VTE
- Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Performance Improvement: Hypertension (HTN)
- Kidney Disease Guideline
- Lavage or OA Knee
- OA Knee
- OMNI Employers' Program
- Qualitative Systematic Review: OA Knee
- Spine Care
- Tulsa Employers' Program
- Venous Thromboembolism Guideline
- Washington State Technology Assessment (OA Knee)
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Qualitative Systematic Review: Arthroscopic Lavage & Debridement For Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Client Oregon Health & Science University for State of Washington |
American
Diabetes Association Intensive
Insulin Therapy for The Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Critically
Ill Adults: Rattan
Juneja MD 1; Michael E. Stuart MD 2,3; Indiana
University Medical School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 1 |
Qualitative Systematic Review: Intensive Insulin Therapy for The Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Critically Ill Adults: In partnership with Dr. Rattan Juneja, Indiana Univesity School of Medicine & Clarian Health, Indianapolis, Indiana
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| Improvement
of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms after radiofrequency energy: a
randomized, sham-controlled trial. Corley DA, Katz P, Wo JM, Stefan A, Patti M, Rothstein R, Edmundowicz S, Kline M, Mason R, Wolfe MM. Gastroenterology. 2003 Sep;125(3):668-76. PMID 12949712 Review
& Critique by Sheri A. Strite & Michael E. Stuart
MD, Delfini Group |
Critical Appraisal Example for radiofrequency for the treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease: full story; appraisal only |
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update September 09 Guideline & Quality Improvement Project Initiative — Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Project: Client Kaiser Permanente Hawaii |
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update July 09 Guideline & Health Care Quality Improvement Project Initiative— Nephrology Chronic Kidney Disease Projec & Clinical Guideline: Client Kaiser Permanente Hawaii |
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Evidence-Based
Medicine (EBM) Hypertension (HTN) Healthcare Quality Performance Improvement
Project Client Kaiser Permanente Hawaii |
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Pharmacy Benefits Management: Client Regence Rx |
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EBM Training Initiative: Client McKesson (Interqual) |
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Quality Improvement Initiative — Spinal Care: Client Blue Cross of Idaho |
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updated
June 09 |
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Continuing
Medical Education and Pharmacist Education Conference — Example
of Past Work — we can put on a conference like this for you Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Evidence-based Medicine Conference: The Essentials: "Talk Story; Talk Evidence TM |
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Self-funded Health Plan Program: Getting What You Pay For — The Employer’s Role in Health Care Quality & Value |
Delfini SERVICES
We offer a wide range of supportive services with the ultimate goal of increasing health care organizations’ and clinicians’ abilities to provide high quality, evidence-based care and to improve medical decision-making for organizations, leaders, teams, clinicians and patients.Areas We Provide Help In
• Creating the EBM Organization • Creating the Evidence-based Practitioner
Help for organizations to position for evidence-based care and health care quality; help for healthcare leaders and for individuals• Evidence-based Healthcare Educational Opportunities
Medical education and continuing medical education resources to provide evidence-based practice (EBP) training in evidence-based medicine (EBM), evidence-based nursing & other disciplines — we provide training in, and facilitation of, all aspects of evidence-based health care such as in critical appraisal to help you with medical literature review of scientific research studies and in performing all aspects of healthcare quality improvement activities• Evidence Assessment Training
How to perform a scientific review such as a systematic review and evidence synthesis and how to create a clinical review, clinical recommendation, clinical practice guideline, drug monograph, medical technology assessment, scientific research paper, performance measure, medical decision-making support such as communication aid and shared decision-making aid, patient safety advisory or other evidence-based clinical information• Evidence Reviews & Clinical Content
We can be engaged to perform scientific literature reviews to create systematic reviews, including comparative effectiveness research (CER), and can supply any kind of clinical content or clinical information item you wish such as those listed including clinical guidelines, drug monographs, decision support and more• Committee Help
Help for committee work such as pharmacy and therapeutics committee (P & T committee) or medical technology assessment by providing evidence-based guidelines and process steps including tips for all aspects of committee work from committee management, structures, processes and to clinical pharmacist education to inform all aspect of staff work such as conducting evidence-based reviews, development of drug monographs, meeting presentations and more such as formulary management advice• Quality Improvement Teams
Help for quality improvement teams by providing facilitation of facilitation of steps in systematic literature review, clinical practice guidelines development and clinical improvement projects, including project selection for success, cost analysis, implementation strategies and measuring performance for quality improvement in health care• Healthcare Leadership Help
If you are a healthcare leader, especially a medical leader or pharmacy leader, we have special help for you through our services and through our other website, medicalleaders.org — we can provide a variety of services including strategies for effectiveness in quality management in healthcare, how to identify good clinical practice guidelines, patient-centered care strategies including doctor patient communication training, performance measurement training and development of effective performance measures, tips for meeting management and more in your efforts for improving healthcare quality in your organization to provide true evidence-based health care• More to achieve quality in healthcare...Delfini About Our Work
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