title: Standards of care and best practices: the link to patient outcomes.
abstract: There is a critical link between patient outcomes achieved and the implementation of best practice that is often misunderstood and frequently overlooked. As OBQI ushers in a new outcomes-driven environment of measuring care quality, it is important to understand this link and implement clinical interventions accordingly.
authors.affiliation: OUTCOMELogics, Inc., Winchester, TN, USA. Melinda@outcomelogics.com
authors.forename: Melinda H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Huffman
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management