Evidence Based Planning and the Obama Protocols
Evidence Based Planning: How it Impacts Health Care EBP: What it is Evidence based planning is the catch phrase of the health care reform movement and this article explains what it means and how it is applied in health care processes. The Institute of Medicine or the IOM defines quality of care as �the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge�. Evidence based planning is harnessing the enlightenment gained from sharing scientific and medical practice information and using it to optimize clinical and operational procedures to improve results. The health care reform mandates in 2010 have provisions for increased transparency and optimization of service delivery, which can only be achieved by deploying the best practice protocols by diagnosis, whether it is heart disease or diabetes through the evidence based planning process. Certainly the words �best practice� are no...