Evidence-Based Management: Best Clinical Practice

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Evidence-based is a term that was formulated in the 1990s in the field of medicine, but it’s principles now extend across disciplines as varied as education, criminology, public policy, social work, and, most recently, management (Barends, Rousseau, & Briner, 2014). Evidence-based medicine is the systematic use of science to identify best clinical practice (White & Griffith, 2016). Evidence-based management uses performance measurements to identify best practices and formal processes to managing organizations (White & Griffith, 2016). These evidence-based practices parallel one another. However, evidence-based medicine has been practiced for a longer period of time. Thus, more than 2,000 patient care guidelines have been developed because of evidence-based medicine (White & Griffith, 2016). Evidence-based management is a newer concept and is still developing strategies for leaders to utilize. Both rely on knowledge to drive decisions, use analytic activity and quantitative analysis, create opportunity identification, and improve performance. …show more content…

Boundary spanning involves establishing and maintaining effective relationships with all stakeholders and adapting the healthcare organization to the needs of its community (White & Griffith, 2016). Knowledge management requires data collection of work processes to monitor performance and set benchmarks. This knowledge must then be shared throughout the organization to increase accountability across the organization. When benchmarks are not met, performance improvement must be implemented. One of the keys to evidence-based management is to use data to evaluate alternative approaches to performance before making decisions, rather than seeking evidence to validate decisions that have already been made (McAlearney & Kovner,

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