Evidence-Based Practice Integration Designed to Optimize Patient Care and Outcomes to Achieve the Triple Aim

Abstract

Background/Aims: Evidence-based practice (EBP) integration at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to optimize patient care and outcomes. The process and structure for EBP integration at CHI involves translating research-based, evidence-supported knowledge into clinical practice and process flows. In 2011, CHI founded the National EBP Advisory Council (NEBPAC) to facilitate multidisciplinary collaborative identification of and support for organizational EBP initiatives. The first organizational EBP initiative addressed by the NEBPAC was to review published EBP models for facilitated development of a custom organizational EBP model and algorithm that would align with CHI’s core values. In 2012, a five-phase custom EBP Model© and Algorithm© was deployed by the NEBPAC to guide EBP integration across the organization.