Changing medical practice through technology assessment : an evaluation of the NIH Consensus Development Program / David E. Kanouse ... [et al.].
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1989Description: xxxvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- computer
- unmediated
- online resource
- volume
- 0833009591
- NIH Consensus Development Program -- Evaluation
- Communication in medicine -- United States
- Medical technology -- United States
- Medicine -- Practice -- United States
- Medicine -- Research -- United States
- Physician's Practice Patterns -- trends -- United States
- Professional Practice -- trends -- United States
- Program Evaluation
- Technology Assessment, Biomedical
- RA399.A3 C48 1989
- Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
"March 1989."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289) and index.
This report presents the major findings from RAND's evaluation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program, a technology assessment and dissemination program aimed at facilitating the timely translation of biomedical research into knowledge that can improve the public health and the practice of medicine. The evaluation examines the success of NIH's dissemination activities and the effects that NIH consensus conferences have had on physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices. It assesses how well the program has met its communication objectives and makes practical recommendations for increasing its effectiveness.
Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
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