Qualitative Systematic Review: Arthroscopic Lavage & Debridement For Osteoarthritis of the Knee |
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The EBM Information Quest: Is it true? Is it useful? Is it usable?™ Delfini Co-founders: Michael E Stuart MD, President & Medical Director . Sheri Ann Strite, Managing Director & Principal |
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"Hello Sheri and Mike, thanks for shouting out to the Washington State Health Technology Clinical Committee. Along with the help of organizations like Delfini providing us with superb evidence reviews, we are showing a way that the US should follow, in my opinion. I appreciate your linking your contacts to our work. Best Wishes, Brian" Brian R. Budenholzer, MD, FAAFP Link to Delfini Washington State Health Care Technology work.
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DelfiniGram™: GET ON OUR UPDATE LIST QUALITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Delfini conducted a qualitative systematic review which is being utilized by the Washington State’s Health Technology Assessment Program (HTA) and is available online: Delfini Qualitative Systematic Review: Arthroscopic Lavage & Debridement For Osteoarthritis of the Knee HTA is an innovative program that determines if health services used by state government are safe and effective and was showcased in the New England Journal of Medicine, where it was reported that the state estimated their first-year cost-savings to be 1.8 million dollars for a procedure that has good evidence that it is ineffective. The primary goals of HTA are to make —
HTA is leading the state effort to use evidence-based medicine to make health policy and coverage decisions that result in safer health care. The program acts as a resource to five participating agencies by sorting through a flood of information about selected medical technologies and producing reports that analyze the information and assess the quality of evidence. The program also provides transparency and consistency to industry stakeholders through publishing of criteria, inviting comments, holding open public meetings, and contracting for independent reports. Finally, coverage decisions are made by the Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC), an independent committee of health practitioners who review evidence on these medical devices, procedures, and test to ensure they are safe, work as promoted and provide value. Read New
England Journal of Medicine article referencing our work: ........ |
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