Clinical effectiveness
Clinical Effectiveness
Clinical effectiveness (pronunciation: klin-i-kal ef-fek-tiv-ness) is a term used in the field of Healthcare and Medicine to describe the extent to which specific Clinical Interventions achieve pre-defined outcomes in a real-world setting.
Etymology
The term 'Clinical effectiveness' is derived from the combination of two words. 'Clinical', which originates from the Greek word 'klinikos', meaning 'of the sickbed', and 'effectiveness', which is derived from the Latin word 'effectivus', meaning 'productive or efficient'.
Definition
Clinical effectiveness refers to the application of the best knowledge, derived from research, clinical experience, and patient preferences, to achieve optimum processes and outcomes of care for patients. The goal of clinical effectiveness is to improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes by ensuring that treatments and services are used appropriately and are based on evidence.
Related Terms
- Evidence-Based Medicine: This is a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.
- Clinical Guidelines: These are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances.
- Health Outcomes: These are changes in the health status of an individual or population which are attributable to interventions or services.
- Clinical Trials: These are research studies performed in people that are aimed at evaluating a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention.
See Also
- Healthcare Quality
- Patient Safety
- Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
- Quality Improvement
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Clinical effectiveness
- Wikipedia's article - Clinical effectiveness
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