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Category : Health services administration
Languages : en
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Final Report of the Working Group on Program Evaluation to the Subcommittee on Quality of Care and Research and the Advisory Committee on Health Insurance
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Health services administration
Languages : en
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Final Report of the Working Group on Program Evaluation to the Sub-Committee on Quality of Care and Research and the Advisory Committee on Health Insurance
Author: Canada. Health Programs Branch. Working Group on Program EvaluationPublisher:
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Final Report of the Working Group on Program Evaluation
Author: David L. MartinPublisher:
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Category : Evaluation
Languages : en
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The Practice of Health Program Evaluation
Author: David GrembowskiPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483376397
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Reflecting the latest developments in the field, the Second Edition provides readers with effective methods for evaluating health programs, policies, and health care systems, offering expert guidance for collaborating with stakeholders involved in the process. Author David Grembowski explores evaluation as a three-act play: Act I shows evaluators how to work with decision makers and other groups to identify the questions they want answered; Act II covers selecting appropriate evaluation designs and methods to answer the questions and reveal insights about the program’s impacts, cost-effectiveness, and implementation; and Act III discusses making use of the findings. Packed with relevant examples and detailed explanations, the book offers a step-by-step approach that fully prepares readers to apply research methods in the practice of health program evaluation.
Assessing Health Care Quality
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Annual Report to the Congress by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on the Professional Standards Review Organizations Program
Author: United States. Health Standards and Quality BureauPublisher:
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Category : Professional standards review organizations (Medicine)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Finding What Works in Health Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309164257
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.
Standards for Health Plans Providing Coverage in the Medicare Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on HealthPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309142393
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
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