Appendix. Resource Publications and Web sites

The following publications and Web sites provide guidance on the development and use of evidence-based reviews in health care, including for translation, dissemination and impact measurement of products derived from evidence reports.

Publications

Bero L, Grilli R, Grimshaw J, et al. Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings. The Cochrane Effectiveness Practice and Organization of Care Research Group. BMJ 1998;317(7156):456-8.

Berwick DM. Disseminating innovations in health care. JAMA 2003;289(15):1969-75.

Busse R, Orvain J, Velasco M, et al. Best practice in undertaking and reporting health technology assessments. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2002;18:361-422.

Deeks JJ. Systematic reviews in health care: systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. BMJ 2001;323:157-62.

Egger M, Davey Smith G, Altman DG, eds. Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context, 2nd ed. London, England: BMJ Books; 2001.

Ferguson JH. NIH consensus conferences: dissemination and impact. Ann NY Acad Sci 1993;703: 180-98.

Ferguson JH, Sherman CR. Panelists' views of 68 NIH consensus conference. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2001;17(4):542-58.

Glanville J, Lefebvre C. Identifying systematic reviews: key resources. Evidence-based Medicine 2000;5:68-9.

Glanville J, Wilson P, Richardson R. Accessing the online evidence: a guide to key sources of research information on clinical and cost effectiveness. Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:229-31.

Goldberg HI, Cummings MA, Steinberg EP, et al. Deliberations on the dissemination of PORT products: translating research findings into improved patient outcomes. Med Care 1994;32(suppl. 7):JS90-110.

Grol R. Beliefs and evidence in changing clinical practice. BMJ 1997;315:418-21.

Haines A, Jones R. Implementing findings of research. BMJ 1994;308:1488-92.

Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, et al. Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force. A review of the process. Am J Prev Med 2001;20(3S):21-35.

Haynes B, Haines A. Barriers and bridges to evidence based clinical practice. BMJ 1998;317(7153):273-6.

Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Gray JM, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH. Transferring evidence from research into practice: 1. The role of clinical care research evidence in clinical decisions. ACP J Club 1996;125(3):A14-6.

Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Gray JA, Cook DL, Guyatt GH. Transferring evidence from research into practice: 2. Getting the evidence straight. ACP J Club 1997;126(1):A14-6.

Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Guyatt GH, Cook DJ, Gray JA. Transferring evidence from research into practice: 4. Overcoming barriers to application. ACP J Club 1997;126(3):A14-5.

Kahan JP, Kanouse DE, Winkler JD. Stylistic variations in National Institutes of Health consensus statements, 1979-1983. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1988;4(2):289-304.

Lyles A. Direct marketing of pharmaceuticals to consumers. Annu Rev Public Health 2002;23:73-91.

Mittman BS, Siu AL. Changing provider 1992.

Mittman BS, Tonesk X, Jacobson PD. Implementing clinical practice guidelines: social influence strategies and practitioner behaviour change. Qual Rev Bull 1992;18:413-21.

Muir Gray JA, Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH. Transferring evidence from research into practice: 3. Developing evidence-based clinical policy. ACP J Club 1997;126(2):A14-6.

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Accessing the evidence on clinical effectiveness. Effectiveness Matters 2001;5(1).

Oxman A, Davis D, Haynes RB, Thomson MA. No magic bullets: a systematic review of 102 trials of interventions to help health professionals deliver services more effectively or efficiently. Can Med Assoc J 1995;153:1423-43.

Oxman AD, Sackett DL, Guyatt GH. Users' guides to the medical literature. I. How to get started. The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1993;270:2093-5.

Randall G, Taylor DW. Clinical practice guidelines: the need for improved implementation strategies. Healthc Manage Forum 2000;13(1):36-42.

Rogers EM. Diffusion of Innovations. New York: Free Press, 1983.

RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center. Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 47. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E016, Rockville, Md: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, April 2002.

Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ 1996;312: 71-2.

Solberg LI. Guideline implementation: what the literature doesn't tell us. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2000;26:525-37.

Web Sites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (UK)
http://www.cebm.net/

Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org/

Etext on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Information Resources
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//2060905/nichsr/ehta/ehta.html

Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Technology Assessment
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/hsrsites.html

Health Information Research Unit, Evidence-Based Health Informatics
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/

National Guideline Clearinghouse™
http://www.guideline.gov/

Science.gov  FirstGov for Science—Government Science Portal
http://www.science.gov/

World Wide Web-based EBM Hedges. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Evidence-based Medicine
http://www.mssm.edu/medicine/general-medicine/ebm/

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Internet Citation:

Evidence-based Practice Partner's Guide. AHRQ Publication No. 09-E012-EF, May 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcpartner/

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