Translating Evidence into Practice 1997 Conference SummaryTRIP Conference SummaryWhat Do We Know? What Do We Need?The following summaries are from the conference "Translating Evidence Into Practice: What Do We Know? What Do We Need?," which was hosted by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in Washington, DC, July 21-23, 1997. The conference featured two major themes: (1) innovative strategies that work—health care quality enhancement through use of evidence-based clinical guidelines and other quality improvement tools—and (2) legal and ethical issues that help shape the purchase and delivery of quality health care.ContentsClinical Evidence: Creation, Assessment, and ImplementationKeynote Address Evidence-based Medicine: What Have We Learned?Medical Ethics in the New Medical Marketplace, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Managed CareSession A: ERISA: Interplay of State and Federal Responsibilities in Health Care Interplay of State and Federal Responsibilities in Health Care ERISA Preemption of Medical Malpractice and Related Remedies Against Managed Care Entities ERISA Implications for State Activities in Health Care Quality Interplay of State and Federal Responsibilities in Health Care Enterprise Liability: A ReappraisalSession B: Scientific Evidence and the Courts When Courts Review Clinical Practice Guidelines The Daubert Case and Expert OpinionSession C: Implementation of Evidence-based Practice: Differing Perspectives Strategies for Guideline Implementation: Some Ways to Approach the Issue of "Usability" Implementation of Evidence-based PracticeSession D: Implementation of Technology Assessments The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Technology Assessment Program: Structures, Processes, and Models for Implementing Assessment Results Translating Evidence into Practice: Implementation of Technology Assessments Implementing Technology Assessment for Medicare Coverage DecisionsSession E: Ethical Issues in Health Care Delivery Physicians' Use of Outcomes Data: Moral Conflicts and Potential Resolutions Insurance Coverage for Promising But Unproven Last Change Therapies: Ethical Issues and Practical PoliciesSession F: Evidence-based Medicine: Implementation in Managed Care—Lessons Learned Translating Evidence into Practice at the Department of Veterans Affairs Translating Evidence into Practice at PacifiCare, Washington Translating Evidence into Practice at HealthPartners, MinneapolisSession G: Using Information Systems to Support Evidence-based Practice Using Information Systems to Support Evidence-based Practice Implementing Guidelines in Systems of Care How Does Practice Translate Into Evidence?Session H: Implementing Guidelines in Systems of Care Implementing Guidelines: Designing and Selecting Effective Strategies Texas Medication Algorithm ProjectHealth Policy and QualityPractice Guidelines and Malpractice Litigation: Collision or Cohesion?Learning ErrorsSession I: Implementation and Adaptation of Guidelines Developed at a National Level Interpreting Evidence: Some Caveats in Implementing and Adapting Guidelines Based on Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials The Need to Include Empiric Clinical Data in Formulating Medical Practice Guidelines AHCPR Guidelines on Heart Failure: Comparison of a Family Medicine and Internal MedicineSession J: Using Adverse Event Data to Improve Quality of Care Every Defect a Treasure: Using Defect Data to Reduce Adverse Drug Events Using Adverse Event Data to Improve Quality of CareSession K: Educating Physicians for Evidence-based Practice Evidence-based Information Resources for Clinical Learning and Practice Evidence-based Medicine: A Cultural Shift in Residency Training Changing Physician Performance: Use of Enabling and Reinforcing Techniques in Maintenance of Learning and ChangeSession L: Legislating Clinical Care Legislating Clinical Care Legislation and Clinical CareSession M: Using Evidence-based Quality Indicators Using Evidence-based Quality Indicators Cataloging and Evaluating Clinical Performance Measures: CONQUEST and the QMNet Initiative Using Evidence-based Quality IndicatorsSession N: Using Quality Indicators: Useful Tools for Investigation, Regulation, and Accreditation The Next Wave of Quality Measurement: Key Challenges Regional Quality Assurance Organizations: Regulator or Disseminator of Guidelines? Quality Improvement Initiatives of the Health Care Financing Administration Translating Evidence Into PracticeSession O: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation Implementing Changes in Health Care Organizations: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges Overcoming Barriers to ImplementationSession P: Implementing Guidelines in Specific Populations and Settings Evidence-based Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementing Pressure Ulcer Guidelines in Long-Term Care Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS): In-Home, Computer-Based Patient Education and SupportData Needs for Quality Measurement and ImprovementHealth Information PrivacyFinal Session: Evidence-based Practice—An International Perspective Evidence-based Practice: An International Perspective International Perspectives on Implementation Research Developing Evidence-based Health Care in the United Kingdom Logic Methodology of Clinical Practice GuidelinesInternet Citation:Translating Evidence into Practice 1997, Conference Summary. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/trip1997/ Current as of January 1997 Internet Citation: Translating Evidence into Practice 1997: Conference Summary. January 1997. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/other/translating-evidence-1997/index.html