Evidence-Based Management in Health Care

Introduction

This assessment will give you experience explaining the value of implementing an evidence-based approach to health care management and debunking common misconceptions about evidence-based practice.

Preparation

Marr presents some common misconceptions about evidence-based practice in management:

Evidence-based practice ignores the practitioner’s professional experience.
Evidence-based practice is all about numbers and statistics.
Managers need to make decisions quickly and do not have time for evidence-based practice.
Each organization is unique, so the usefulness of scientific evidence is limited.
If you do have high-quality evidence, you cannot do anything.
Good quality evidence gives you the answer to the problem (2010).
In preparation for this assessment, conduct research on evidence-based management, including the above misconceptions about evidence-based practice.

Scenario

Suppose the health care organization you work for is investigating different approaches to management in an effort to improve managers’ ability to solve problems. The last organization you worked for used an evidence-based management approach that worked well. As a department manager, you have proposed the implementation of evidence-based management, and leadership has asked you to provide a report to support your proposal.

Requirements

In a 3–4 page report, complete the following:

Explain how the concept of evidence-based management is relevant to your sector of the health care system.
Explain why there is a need for an evidence-based approach in your specific sector of the health care system.
Explain how each of the four types of sources of evidence (scientific, organizational, experiential, and stakeholder) is valuable in your sector of the health care system.
Discuss your understanding and insights of one of the common misconceptions regarding evidence-based practice from the list above.
Provide an example of a situation related to the misconception that could happen in your sector of the health care system.
Additional Requirements

Also, include the following in your assessment:

Logically organized and well-written content, without errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.
A title page and references page.
3–4 pages of content, in addition to the title page and references page.
At least 2 current scholarly or professional resources.
APA format for citations and references.
Note: Refer to the Supplemental Resources link in the courseroom navigation panel for additional information on APA style and formatting.
Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced.
Reference
Marr, B. (2010). The intelligent company: Five steps to success with evidence-based management. West Sussex, England: Wiley.