There are many barrier to using evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare. From the size of the research to organizational barriers, the task of providing relevant and accessible evidence can seem daunting (Haynes & Haines, 1998). One prominent barrier is the lack of time to evaluate the evidence. On the positive side there are ways to […]
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Population Health
Population healthcare is meeting the healthcare needs for a specific target audience. Similar to what Dr. John Snow did when noticing the number of deaths huddled around a water pump, modern informaticians will need accurate and timely information to make sound analysis (Kraft, Androwich, Mastrain, & McGonigle, 2017, p. 265). If there was a new […]
The question for the future isn’t how much data you have but what are you going to do with that data. With so much data produced in healthcare, it’s a wonder why the digital revolution in healthcare has never come to fruition. This is the opportunity for Decision Support Systems (DSS) to evolve. DSS help […]