title: Evidence-based clinical practice.
abstract: Healthcare professionals are trying to facilitate the use of evidence-based decision making for individual patients and patient populations they are privileged to serve. The authors describe an evidence-based multidisciplinary clinical practice model developed at the University of Colorado Hospital along with a clinical example of how the model was used to improve quality and decrease costs.
authors.affiliation: colleen.goode@uhcolorado.edu
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Goode
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piedalue
mesh_terms: D003120:Colorado; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*