Importance of Understanding the Healthcare System when Planning an EBP Implementation

Planning an EBP implementation
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Introduction
Evidence-based practices have become essential pillars of the modern-day medicine. EBP is a health care approach which assimilates the best-presented research evidence with clinical proficiency and patient values. EBP involves knowledge translation which is the act of interpreting evidence into practice. It also ensures that decision-making by various stakeholders is as a result of being aware and using research evidence. The delivery of healthcare based on evidence has never been more essential as the society deals with baffling disparities in practice and escalation healthcare costs. EBP remains an ideal and not a fully-fledged reality despite its extensive acceptance as an instrument of rational decision making. Therefore, the various challenges that undermine the potential of EBP to improve and be implemented make it essential to understand the healthcare system at the local level.
The responsibility of providing evidence-based healthcare that meets patients, regulators, families, and others expectations is not an easy task. Research has shown that the use of evidence is inconsistent. Understanding local...