title: Using the linkage model for integrating evidence into home care nursing practice.
abstract: A home care agency's patient population with heart failure demonstrated improved outcomes after the agency implemented an evidence-based protocol. The model holds promise for use in other agencies working to improve patient outcomes as well as have an impact on decreasing costs.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. N.Ervin@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Naomi E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Ervin
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scrivener
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017749:Total Quality Management