Sidelines 19 (1)
Ray Phillips
Head of Information Services Development
King's Fund
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Wild, C.
Langer, T. Emerging health technologies: informing and
supporting health policy early.
Health Policy 2008; 87
(2): 160-171
Sideline’s
Summary: A review of 'horizon scanning systems [HSS]’ across Europe
lauds the success of the EuroScan network though suggests there is
still room for improvement.
Hardey, M.
Public health and Web 2.0.
Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 2008; 128
(4): 181-189
Sideline’s
Summary: A review of web2.0 in public health describes some new
features, such as ‘user reviews’ of health services and the ability to
visualise complex data, and suggests there are many opportunities for
future success in activities such as the dissemination of health
information and getting at new sources of data.
Currie, G., et
al. The limits of knowledge management
for UK public services modernization: the case of patient safety and
service quality.
Public Administration 2008; 86 (2):
363-385
Sideline’s
Summary: An empirical investigation of knowledge sharing in the NHS
modernization agenda that focuses on the ‘patient safety’ agenda and
the ‘National Reporting and Learning System’.
Sarasohn-Kahn,
J. California HealthCare Foundation. The wisdom of patients:
health care meets online social media. Oakland (Ca): CHCF;
2008
Sideline’s
Summary: A
report looking at
the use of social media on the internet for health information
('Health 2.0')
GRADE
- Guyatt, G.
H., et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of
evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2008; 336 (7650):
924-926
- Guyatt, G.
H., et al. GRADE: incorporating considerations of resources use into
grading recommendations. BMJ 2008; 336 (7654): 1170-1173
- Schunemann,
H. J., et al. GRADE: grading quality
of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and
strategies.
BMJ 2008; 336 (7653): 1106-1110
- Guyatt, G.
H., et al. GRADE: going from evidence to recommendations. BMJ 2008;
336 (7652): 1049-1051
- Guyatt, G.n
H., et al. GRADE: what is 'quality of evidence' and why is
it important to clinicians?
BMJ 2008; 336 (7651):
995-998
Sideline’s Summary: A series of articles on the GRADE
system of rating the quality of evidence and strength of
recommendations found in published guidelines.
Bertulis, R.
Barriers to accessing evidence-based
information.
Nursing Standard 2008; 22 (36): 35-39
Sideline’s
Summary: A review finds that lack of time is the main (though not the
only) barrier to EBM for nurses.
Ferreira-Lay,
P., Miller, S. The quality of internet information on
depression for lay people.
Psychiatric Bulletin
2008; 32 (5): 170-173
Sideline’s
Summary: An article describing and testing the ‘Depression-Website
Content Checklist’ used to assess the quality of information on a
website. Governmental, professional and charitable organisations were
found most likely to give reliable information.
Rycroft-Malone,
J. Evidence-informed practice: from individual to context.
Journal of Nursing Management 2008; 16 (4): 404-408
Sideline’s
Summary: A selective narrative review that discusses whether EBM is
actually an individual activity, or if it’s more helpfully considered
as a system property. It argues that training individual users will
not automatically lead to greater evidence use; rather one has to
change the culture of an organisation.
Alonzi, A.,
Wong, R.
Patient information : meeting the conditions of the Data
Protection Act.
Health Care Risk Report 2008; 14
(5): 22-23 (April 2008)
Sideline’s
Summary: A short guide on the Data Protection Act and YOU!
Petticrew, M.
Roberts, H.
Systematic reviews : do they 'work' in informing decision-making
around health inequalities?
Health Economics, Policy and Law 2008; 3 (2):
197-211 (April 2008)
Sideline’s
Summary: A commentary on whether systematic reviews actually work,
particularly in regard to the needs of sub-populations such as the
disabled or those in rural communities. Even where systematic reviews
are helpful, they do not substitute for social value judgements.
Eddama, O.,
Coast, J. A systematic review of the use of economic
evaluation in local decision-making.
Health Policy 2008; 86
(2/3): 129-141 (May 2008)
Sideline’s
Summary: A systematic review that highlights the obstacles that can
prevent the use of economic evaluations in decision making;
institutional, cultural and methodological factors are discussed.
Robertson, R.
King's Fund. Using information to promote healthy behaviours.
London : King's Fund, 2008. Kicking bad habits ; 3.
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/document.rm?id=7591
Sideline’s
Summary: A review of selected evidence of the role of information in
health behaviour change programmes.
Gagliardi, A.R., et al. Fostering knowledge exchange between
researchers and decision-makers: exploring the effectiveness of a
mixed-methods approach. Health Policy 2008; 86 (1): 53-63 (April 2008)
Sideline’s Summary:
Interviews and survey data were used to evaluate the effectiveness of
knowledge exchange strategies. It is argued that to overcome barriers
to better facilitation it is necessary to have a critical volume of
non-clinicians, better sharing of background information and
incentives for decision makers.
Bonner, A., Sando, J. Examining the knowledge, attitude and use of
research by nurses. Journal of Nursing Management 2008; 16 (3):
334-343 (April 2008)
Sideline’s Summary:
A study using the ‘Edmonton Research Orientation
Survey’ highlights the importance of a positive attitude towards
research by senior nurse managers to influence others and promote EBM
in the workplace.
Baxter, K., et
al. Making informed choices in social care: the importance of
accessible information. Health and
Social Care in the Community 2008; 16 (2):
197-207
Sideline’s
Summary: A review of the accessibility of information about social
care services shows that there is little or no government research on
information access needs in social care.
Audit
Commission. In the know: using
information to make better decisions. A discussion paper.
London: Audit Commission; 2008. ISBN: 186240545X.
Available from:
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/NATIONAL-REPORT/77C7B4DB-0C48-4038-A93F-DFE3E645A26E/In%20the%20know_report.pdf
(Summary:
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/NATIONAL-REPORT/77C7B4DB-0C48-4038-A93F-DFE3E645A26E/In%20the%20know_summary.pdf)
Sideline’s
Summary:
A
paper that presents examples, taken from a variety of sources, to show
how information has been used in improving public services.
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