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. 2018 May;28(3):305-314.
doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v28i3.8.

An Evidence-Based Framework for Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare Organizations: A Delphi Study

Ali Janati  1 , Edris Hasanpoor  2 , Sakineh Hajebrahimi  3 , Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani  4 , Ali Khezri  1
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An Evidence-Based Framework for Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare Organizations: A Delphi Study

Ali Janati et al. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2018 May.

Abstract

Background: Evidence-based management (EBMgt) is a growing literature concept in management sciences which claims that management decision-making must be based on the best available evidence. The aim of this paper is to present and provide an evidence-based framework for EBMgt to improve decision-making in healthcare organizations.

Methods: A two-round Delphi survey was used to collect the factors affecting EBMgt. Purposive and snowball sampling methods were used in both rounds. In round 1, we conducted a systematic review and a series of semi-structured interviews (n=45). In round 2, a specific questionnaire with four main parts was designed. The experts (n=21) were asked to rate on a 9-point Likert scale the importance of each factor. The data was collected through Google Forms (n=11) and paper forms (n=10).

Results: Participants were mostly men (73%). Overall, 126 factors were selected in round 1. Factors were classified into 4 categories: facilitators, barriers, the sources of evidence and EBMgt process that consisted of 48, 46, 22 and 10 factors, respectively. In round 2, based on median scores, many factors (n=114) were found to be very important. Only, 12 factors have a median score of less than 3 and were excluded from the study. Finally, 114 factors were confirmed.

Conclusions: Confirmed factors played significant roles in affecting the practice of EBMgt among healthcare managers. We tried to facilitate interaction between these factors in the framework. Depending on the type of problem, using six steps of EBMgt process, managers will select the best evidence among six sources of evidence.

Keywords: Evidence-based management; evidence-based framework; healthcare organizations.

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