October 13, 2017

Leaders, academicians, researchers and expert clinicians will convene in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18-20, to share the latest research and recommendations for improving healthcare quality, safety and costs through evidence-based practice (EBP) and launch the recently-funded Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP in Nursing and Healthcare.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach that integrates the conscientious use of best evidence in combination with a clinician’s expertise and patient preferences to make healthcare decisions. Incorporating the use of EBP in healthcare settings can improve patient outcomes and save on costs. The Ohio State University College of Nursing is an internationally-recognized hub for EBP, which will be advanced thanks to a $6.5 million grant from the Helene Fuld National Health Trust to form the new institute. The Fuld Institute for EBP will expand the college's reach to translate research findings into real world clinical settings at a faster pace and equip nurses as well as other clinicians with the EBP skills needed to transform health and improve lives throughout the world.

The two-day conferencebeing held at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, is preceded by a reception at the Ohio Union on Oct. 18. The reception also celebrates the Wednesday afternoon “Expert Forum,” which features leaders from 40 national organizations and federal agencies who will gather to discuss best practices and devise action strategies for accelerating EBP throughout the nation. Their recommendations and tactics will be presented in a special panel discussion on the first day of the conference. Click here for the full conference agenda.

A complementary live stream offered by The Ohio State University College of Nursing is available on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 from 9 - 11 a.m.

 

Topics and speakers during this live stream event will include:

9 - 9:10 a.m.

Welcome & introductions

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, College of Medicine
The Ohio State University

 

9:10 - 10 a.m.

Keynote: The State of EBP throughout the U.S.: Hot-off-the-press findings from the national competency study

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

 

10 - 10:15 a.m.

Recovery break

 

10:15 - 11 a.m.

Plenary session: EBP Expert Forum panel

Moderated by:

Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP, NE-BC, FAAN
Director, the Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice
Clinical Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Senior Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
The Ohio State University

June 13, 2017

The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare’s first national summit, to be held Oct. 18-20, 2017, at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, is now open for registration. Early bird registration is available until June 30 for $395; thereafter, registration will be $495.

The summit, “Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-based Practice,” will address strategies for building and sustaining an EBP culture and environment in institutions, integrating EBP into academic programs, using EBP to guide organizational and health policy, using evidence to inform consumer healthcare decision making and disseminating and implementing research to rapidly move evidence-based interventions into real-world clinical settings. Summit attendees are also invited to join university leadership, national and international leaders, and trailblazers in EBP at a kickoff celebration on the evening of Oct. 18 in the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University campus.

“This summit launches our Fuld Institute, a national center for facilitating the implementation and sustainability of EPB in healthcare systems and the integration of EBP into academic programs,” said Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAANvice president for health promotion, dean and professor of the Ohio State College of Nursing, and executive director of the Fuld Institute. “We are thrilled to bring together so many national experts in the field of EBP to provide conference attendees with a deeper understanding of the urgently needed action steps for improving healthcare quality, safety, costs,  and, most importantly, patient outcomes.”

An invitation-only Expert Forum will precede the summit on Oct. 18, at which leaders from nearly 40 national nursing and interprofessional organizations, federal agencies and healthcare entities will discuss the current state of EBP across the disciplines. They will develop action strategies to propel the advancement and sustainability of EBP in healthcare and academic institutions. The findings and recommendations from the Expert Forum will be presented to attendees at the summit the next day.

Summit attendees also will hear the latest recommendations to advance and sustain EBP from keynote speakers:

  • Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS, director of AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
  • Kevin P. Browne, MSN, RN, CCRNsenior director and chief nursing officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP, NE-BC, director of the Fuld Institute and the Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice
  • Maj. Gen. Dorothy A. Hoggdeputy surgeon general and chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps
  • Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, division chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (as of August 2017), professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University and member of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
  • Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, The Ohio State University chief wellness officer
  • Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, president and CEO of AcademyHealth

In 2016, The Ohio State University College of Nursing received a $6.5 million grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to create the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare. The Fuld Institute is a national hub for the dissemination, teaching and creation of best practices to improve healthcare quality, safety, costs and patient outcomes. Cores of the organization include transdisciplinary clinical practice; academics; EBP implementation science, partnerships, innovation and policy; and consumer education. 

Ohio State’s Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice (CTEP), which established the foundation for the Fuld Institute, has been disseminating and teaching EBP nationally and internationally for the past five years.

The Fuld Institute will provide nursing and transdisciplinary clinicians, leaders, academicians and students with the best and latest evidence to guide:

  • the highest levels of practice to improve healthcare quality, safety, patient outcomes and costs
  • the best teaching strategies for integrating EBP into academic programs
  • practitioners seeking to build and sustain EBP cultures and environments within their own organizations
  • organizational and health policy
  • dissemination of best practices
  • research on the best strategies to rapidly translate effective research-based interventions into real-world clinical settings

For more information or to register, visit fuld.nursing.osu.edu.