Why critical appraisal matters: Critical Appraisal Matters: Quick Facts
1. New, News & Updates
What's New:
learn what's been added to our sites by date since our last DelfiniGram™
2. Urgent
Issues
Why
Critical Appraisal Matters & Why This Website Can be Helpful
to You: here's the big problem we are trying to help solve
3. Tools & Primers
Delfini Tools & Educational Library:
see the Menu under Terms of Use for Delfini-authored
checklists, calculators, white papers and other evidence-based practice
and quality improvement tools including —
- Primers & white papers
- Health care system & QI project tools
- Evidence evaluation tools including formulary decision-making & medical technology assessment tools
- Diagnostic testing calculators
- Cost analysis tools
- Patient-centered tools
- Videos
- More
Favorites: At the Delfini Library,
starfish mark our favorite tools or the ones which
are most popular.
4. Educational Resources
Evidence
Essentials—Critical Appraisal Tutorial: A
brief (and hopefully fun) online tutorial on the basics of critical
appraisal of therapeutic interventions. The emphasis is on evaluating
efficacy claims of primary studies using superiority designs.
5. Success
Stories, Samples, Examples, Case Studies & More
Delfini Showcase including—
6. Commentaries on Evidence- & Value-based
Clinical QI
DelfiniClick™: evidence
commentaries & quality improvement nibblets — we frequently
post our writings about studies or other articles of interest at
the Click
7. Newsletter for Patient-centered
Help
On
the Same Page™: evidence-based information,
communication aid and decision support examples for health care
professionals & patients — Putting Everyone on the
Same Page
8. Communication Samples for Conveying Evidence
Delfini Rx Messaging Scripts ™: Messaging scripts are targeted treatment messaging & decision support tools for
specific clinical topics. Tool, and accompanying template, can help
you construct your own. Samples are provided.
9. Assessing Care Systems' Quality Approach
Health Care Quality System Assessment Tool: this tool outlines
key elements for a health care system to be positioned to practice
an evidence-based approach for providing quality health care
10. Publications
Delfini Publications including full online
text for —
11. Online Resources of Others
Web
Links: Other online sources for performing evidence- and value-based
clinical quality improvement
12. Definitions
EBM Glossary
13. Reading
Recommended
Reading for performing evidence- and value-based clinical quality
improvement from a variety of authors and sources
14. Tests
A Little EBM
Test
15.
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