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Cahe Outcomes Calculator: An Allied Health Initiative To Improve Practice, Karen Grimmer, Andrea Bialocerkowski, Steven Milanese, Saravana Kumar, Barrie Mulley, Yamini Deenadayalan, Patricia Neumann, Lauren Dryden, Trisha Maddison, Susan Hiller
Cahe Outcomes Calculator: An Allied Health Initiative To Improve Practice, Karen Grimmer, Andrea Bialocerkowski, Steven Milanese, Saravana Kumar, Barrie Mulley, Yamini Deenadayalan, Patricia Neumann, Lauren Dryden, Trisha Maddison, Susan Hiller
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
This paper reports on the process of developing a low-cost initiative for therapists to assist in the collection and evaluation of information on outcome of care, using a selection of standard health outcome measures. An episode of care approach has been taken, in which repeated measures of outcome can be collected whenever the patient presents for treatment for a specific condition. The MS Access-based software is available for download free of charge on the website of the Centre for Allied Health Evidence, University of South Australia (CAHE Outcomes Calculator). The calculator currently incorporates common measures of outcome for musculoskeletal problems, …
Assessing The Scholarly Productivity Of Allied Health Faculty, Jennifer Lapin, Kevin J. Lyons
Assessing The Scholarly Productivity Of Allied Health Faculty, Jennifer Lapin, Kevin J. Lyons
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
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Allied Health Accreditation Project, Shirley Greening, Kevin J. Lyons, Mary Robeson
Allied Health Accreditation Project, Shirley Greening, Kevin J. Lyons, Mary Robeson
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Development Of A Generic Critical Appraisal Tool By Consensus: Presentation Of First Round Delphi Survey Results, Jeannie Burnett, Karen Grimmer, Saravana Kumar
Development Of A Generic Critical Appraisal Tool By Consensus: Presentation Of First Round Delphi Survey Results, Jeannie Burnett, Karen Grimmer, Saravana Kumar
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
The growing importance of evidence based practice is necessitating academics and clinicians to be able to make judgments about the quality of the body of research evidence pertaining to clinical questions. There are numerous critical appraisal tools to assist this process. These are mostly designed for specific research designs, and tend not to reflect the particular concerns of allied health professionals, such as accuracy of diagnosis, adequate description of intervention, and sensitivity and utility of outcome measures. This paper reports the findings of a study which sought expert opinion on the essential criteria for critical appraisal, and whether a generic …