Practice Guidelines and Best Practices

Practice Guidelines and Best Practice Information

AHRQ Evidence Based Practice http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), complementing the biomedical research mission of its sister agency, the National Institutes of Health. AHRQ is a home to research centers that specialize in major areas of health care research such as quality improvement and patient safety, outcomes and effectiveness of care, clinical practice and technology assessment, and health care organization and delivery systems. It is also a major source of funding and technical assistance for health services research and research training at leading U.S. universities and other institutions, as well as a science partner, working with the public and private sectors to build the knowledge base for what works—and does not work—in health and health care and to translate this knowledge into everyday practice and policymaking.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse http://www.guidelines.gov/

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Joanna Briggs Institute http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pubs/best_practice.php

JBI Best Practice Information Sheets

The Joanna Briggs Institute is an International not-for-profit Research and Development Organisation specialising in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health. With over 54 Centres and groups, servicing over 90 countries, The Joanna Briggs Institute is a recognised global leader in Evidence-Based Healthcare.

Nursing Best Practice Guidelines http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=861&SiteNodeID=133

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)

RNAO launched the Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Program in November 1999 with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Evidence Based Practice Information

Medline PICO tool http://askmedline.nlm.nih.gov/ask/pico.php Searches PubMed by a web based PICO tool.

PubMed Clinical Queries http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/corehtml/query/static/clinical.shtml Searches PubMed by a web based clinical queriers form.

LISTEN http://listenuphealth.org/home/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

The Learning Information Seeking and Technology for Evidence-based Nursing practice (LISTEN) project is designed to improve information literacy competencies of student and professional nurses. We are doing this by preparing:

• A series of online learning modules,
• Web-based resources, and
• Interactive opportunities to learn more.

TRIP Database

http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.html

The aims of the TRIP Database have remained the same since 1997 - allow health professionals to easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to help support evidence based practice.