Question

Hello, please assist with the following:

Discuss the impact of a specific piece of outcomes research in public health in one page.  Give an example of where outcomes research is being used--where a policy or practice has been changed based on the evaluation. (Do NOT give a general definition of what outcomes research is-- describe a real world disease or test that has been impacted by outcomes research).

Answer 1

Ans) EBP is important because it aims to provide the most effective care that is available, with the aim of improving patient outcomes. Patients expect to receive the most effective care based on the best available evidence.

- The intended effect of EBP is to standardize healthcare practices to science and best evidence and to reduce illogical variation in care, which is known to produce unpredictable health outcomes. Development of evidence-based practice is fueled by the increasing public and professional demand for accountability.

- seven groupings of outcome measures CMS uses to calculate hospital quality are some of the most common in healthcare:
1: Mortality.
2: Safety of Care.
3: Readmissions.
4: Patient Experience.
5: Effectiveness of Care.
6: Timeliness of Care.
7: Efficient Use of Medical Imaging.
8: Data Transparency.

- The Value of Applying Health Outcomes Research to Improve Treatment Results. “Health outcomes research studies the end results of health care services, providing evidence for the value of specific medical treatments or interventions that can be used to make better decisions and improve health care,” explains Marcia A.

- Research is essential to find out which treatments work better for patients. Research can find answers to things that are unknown, filling gaps in knowledge and changing the way that healthcare professionals work. Some of the common aims for conducting research studies are to: Diagnose diseases and health problems.