Is "chronic kidney disease" a disease?

abstract：:This article reviews the methodological limitations identified in a recent authoritative US report by the Public Health Service, which provides the theoretical background to several other guidelines on cost effectiveness, such as those of the British Medical Journal. It places each limitation in context and discusses ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Raftery J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Smoking during pregnancy can cause several maternal and neonatal health risks, yet a considerable number of pregnant women continue to smoke. The objectives of this study were to test the factorial structure, validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the Modified Reasons for Smokin...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： De Wilde KS,Tency I,Boudrez H,Temmerman M,Maes L,Clays E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate adherence to guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) procedures and to examine the associations between guideline adherence and health care outcomes. METHODS:Using nationwide health insurance claims data, all ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hsu C,Cheng SH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Focusing on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of adult cancers, the objectives of this study were to (a) describe the intrinsic elements known to influence CPG use; (b) identify the ways in which CPGs are implemented; and (c) explore how CPG cha...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Urquhart R,Woodside H,Kendell C,Porter GA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Little attention has been given to perceptions of pharmacist availability and role in the community setting following policy changes. The Pakistani model is particularly interesting as it encompasses three different pharmacy practice licensure types with major differences in credentials,...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Qadeer G,Amin MEK

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance indicators for healthcare organizations represent a strategy for accountability worldwide. A universal approach to either the design for indicators or their applicability to local needs remains a work in progress. The Maryland Hospital Association's Quality Indicator Project (QIP) is the only indicator-bas...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kazandjian VA,Matthes N,Wicker KG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the quality of occupational health care provided to National Health Service (NHS) staff. We designed the first national clinical audits of occupational health care in England. We chose to audit depression and back pain as health care workers have high levels of both ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Williams S,Rogers C,Peel P,Harvey SB,Henderson M,Madan I,Smedley J,Grant R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:A common approach to assessing treatment effects in nonrandomized studies with time-to-event outcomes is to estimate propensity scores and compute weights using logistic regression, test for covariate balance, and then estimate treatment effects using Cox regression. A machine-learning al...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Linden A,Yarnold PR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While shared decision-making (SDM) training programmes for health professionals have been developed in several countries, few have been evaluated. In Norway, a comprehensive curriculum, "klar for samvalg" (ready for SDM), for interprofessional health-care teams was created using generic didactic methods an...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kienlin S,Nytrøen K,Stacey D,Kasper J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To describe the application of systems and complexity science principles to real patient care. RATIONALE:Our current global health care system is not sustainable. It is structured based on the principles of reductionist science, which was discovered and developed over the past 400 to 600 years. Bec...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ramshaw B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 30 years, "evidence-based" clinical guidelines remained entrenched in an oversimplified, design-based, framework for rating the strength of evidence supporting clinical recommendations. The approach frequently equated the rating of evidence with that of the recommendations themselves. "Grading Recommendations...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wyer PC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Artificial intelligence and big data are more and more used in medicine, either in prevention, diagnosis or treatment, and are clearly modifying the way medicine is thought and practiced. Some authors argue that the use of artificial intelligence techniques to analyze big data would even ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Brault N,Saxena M

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Monash Watch (MW) aims to reduce potentially preventable hospitalisations in a cohort above a risk "threshold" identified by Health Links Chronic Care (HLCC) algorithms using personal, diagnostic, and service data. MW conducted regular patient monitoring through outbound phone calls usin...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Martin C,Hinkley N,Stockman K,Campbell D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:We developed a novel Internet-based blended learning programme that allows busy health care professionals to attain core competency in clinical research. This study details the educational strategies and learning outcomes of the programme. METHOD:This study was conducted at Kyoto Univers...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tsugihashi Y,Kakudate N,Yokoyama Y,Yamamoto Y,Mishina H,Fukumori N,Nakamura F,Takegami M,Ohno S,Wakita T,Watanabe K,Yamaguchi T,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Peer review groups are considered helpful for quality improvement in primary care. An interactive educational programme for small peer groups was developed, focusing on the implementation of newly developed treatment guidelines. The aim is to evaluate the effect of the programme on adhere...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kasje WN,Denig P,Stewart RE,de Graeff PA,Haaijer-Ruskamp FM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoeconomic evaluations are often based on computer models which simulate the course of disease with and without medical interventions. The purpose of this study is to propose and illustrate a rigorous approach for validating such disease models. For illustrative purposes, we applied this approach to a computer-b...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sendi PP,Craig BA,Pfluger D,Gafni A,Bucher HC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study (Stanhope et al. 1998) established that staff in two obstetric units reported less than a quarter of designated incidents to the units' risk managers. A questionnaire was administered to 42 obstetricians and 156 midwives at the same two obstetric units, exploring the reasons for low rates of reporting...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Vincent C,Stanhope N,Crowley-Murphy M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Little is known about which medical providers, other than neurologists, are involved in the care of neurologic conditions. We aimed to describe the current distribution of outpatient neurologic care by provider type. METHODS:We conducted a restrospective, cross-sectional analysis using a...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lin CC,Hill CE,Burke JF,Kerber KA,Hartley SE,Callaghan BC,Skolarus LE

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:How shared decision making (SDM) works with indigenous patient values and preferences is not well understood. Colonization has affected indigenous peoples' levels of trust with institutions, and their world view tends to be distinct from that of nonindigenous people. Building on a programme theory for SDM,...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Groot G,Waldron T,Barreno L,Cochran D,Carr T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Diagnostic reasoning and treatment decisions are a key competence of doctors. A model based on values and probability provides a conceptual framework for clinical judgments and decisions, and also facilitates the integration of clinical and biomedical knowledge into a diagnostic decision....

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ortendahl M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Medical tradition considers a physical examination (PE) an essential part of the clinical encounter. In real medical practice, however, a full PE may not be necessary when the diagnosis is clear after anamnesis and general impression. We assessed the value of PEs in 500 diagnoses of upper respiratory infecti...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kiderman A,Dratva D,Ever-Hadani P,Cohen R,Brezis M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) endeavour to incorporate the best available research evidence together with the clinically informed opinions of leading experts in order to guide clinical practice when dealing with a given condition. There has been increased interest in CPGs that are ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Middleton JC,Kalogeropoulos C,Middleton JA,Drapeau M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Issues of overuse, underuse and misuse are paramount and lead to avoidable morbidity and mortality. Although evidence-based practice is advocated, the widespread implementation of this kind of practice remains a challenge. This is also the case for evidence-based practice related to the p...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Van Herck P,Sermeus W,Jylha V,Michiels D,Van den Heede K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use structured implicit review following large-scale explicit audit of antipsychotic polyprescribing to: (1) determine the true rate of antipsychotic polytherapy that deviated from best practice for schizophrenia treatment; and (2) assess whether explicit antipsychotic polytherapy criterion was appropriate...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wheeler A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Clinical reasoning lies at the heart of medical practice and has a long research tradition. Nevertheless, research is scattered across diverse academic disciplines with different research traditions in a wide range of scientific journals. This polyphony is a source of conceptual confusion. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Koufidis C,Manninen K,Nieminen J,Wohlin M,Silén C

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:The Australian National Heart Foundation Guidelines have been developed to guide clinicians on how to best manage chronic heart failure (CHF) patients according to the current best available evidence. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the proportion of patients prescribed evid...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Khalil V,Danninger M,Wang W,Khalil H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical malpractice claims can be analysed to gain insights aimed at improving quality of care. However, using medical malpractice claims in medical research raises epistemological and methodological concerns related to certain features of the litigation process. Medical research should therefore approach medical malp...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Garon-Sayegh P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor outcomes following discharge from psychiatric hospitals. It is therefore imperative that staff are able to accurately assess the extent to which patients have engaged with treatment. This study presents data on a new observer rating instrument of patien...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Byrne MK,Deane FP,Willis A,Hawkins B,Quinn R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are many technologies designed to improve medication safety. Although limited evidence supports their use, there are pressures to implement them. OBJECTIVE:To determine the uptake of technologies designed to improve medication safety, plans for adopting technologies, attitudes towards technology use, ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Saginur M,Graham ID,Forster AJ,Boucher M,Wells GA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article draws attention to an absurd feature of contemporary political life that significantly affects health service policy and calls for an urgent explanation. Policies are formed by a process that privileges rhetoric over reality, producing policies that are conceptualized at a later date. Two influential arti...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Loughlin M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00