Meridian Health
Institute for Evidence-Based Care

National mandates for care processes in pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and myocardial infarction are now well-known and ingrained into much of our practice world, yet the use of evidence-based care outside these mandates lags behind. The Knowledge in Motion: Interdisciplinary Evidence-Based Care conference addressed the importance of the generation and use of new knowledge, and answered these important questions: What does an evidence appraisal of the literature entail? How can information technology build a bridge between evidence and practice? What is the value of a meta-analysis? How can we best implement critical research findings?

The conference, held December 3 & 4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was designed for a multidisciplinary audience seeking to increase their knowledge and skill in evidence development, review, and use. The joint sessions discussed the culture of inquiry needed to embrace evidence-based care, the progress and future of information technology's contribution to evidence-based care, and the science of translation.

Presentations from the Conference:

• Progress and Future of Information Technology in Supporting EBC
  Frank Sonnenberg, M.D., FACP, FACMI, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School



• Latest Evidence in Geriatrics
  Elaine Leventhal, M.D., Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Kathleen Scura, EdD, R.N., GNP, BC, Rutgers University, College of Nursing



• Evidence in Patient/Family-Centered Care
  Donna Ciufo, MSN, R.N., NE-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, DNP Student, Ocean Medical Center



• Palliative Care
  Eric Costanzo, D.O., Shore Pulmonary, P.A. Susan Gatton, BSN, R.N., Jersey Shore University Medical Center Michelle Kohute, Pharm.D, Jersey Shore University Medical Center William Lerner, M.D., Atlantic Hematology Oncology Associates Mary Pignataro, MSW, Jersey Shore University Medical Center



• Critical Appraisal Tools and Processes in Quantitative Evidence: A Primer
  Christine Hedges, Ph.D., R.N., CCNS, ACNS-BC, Ann May Center for Nursing, Meridian Health Jane Bliss Holtz, DNSc, RN-BC, Ann May Center for Nursing, Meridian Health



• Evaluation of Qualitative Evidence
  Jeanne Grace, Ph.D., R.N., University of Rochester School of Nursing



• Biostatistics: Key Tools
  Richard Ridge, Ph.D., R.N., MBA, NEC-BC, Meridian Health



• Local Research Project: Pharmacist Model of Care Demonstration Project (Medication Reconciliation)
  Theodore Zaleski, M.D., JD, Ocean Medical Center Kathleen Russell-Babin, MSN, R.N., NEA-BC, ACNS-B, Ph.D. Student, Meridian Health



• Keys to Success in Writing Great Research Proposals and Winning Grants to Support Them
  Teri Wurmser, Ph.D., R.N., Ann May Center for Nursing, Meridian Health



• Controversies in Meta-analyses
  Michael Borenstein, Ph.D., MS Biostatician, Biostatistical Programming Associates