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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The role of Informatics to support evidence-based practice and clinician education

Evelyn Hovenga and Dawn Hay

Australian Health Review 23(3) 186 - 192
Published: 2000

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a national event held during November 1998 to educate health professionalsrepresenting multiple disciplines about evidence-based practice (EBP), its implementation and the use of informaticsto support EBP. A combination of educational delivery methods and multimedia was used. Through local group work,participants identified obstacles to EBP implementation and developed strategies to overcome these in their own localenvironments. Major and common findings were a lack of management support and infrastructures needed for thesuccessful adoption of evidence-based practices by all.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000186

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