Intervention Effectiveness Research: Quality Improvement and Program Evaluation

Background: Why we need this book.- Chapter 1. Intervention Effectiveness Research History and State of the Science.- Chapter 2. Project/Program Evaluation History and State of the Science.- Chapter 3. Methods for Interventions Effectiveness Research and Program Evaluation.- Chapter 4. Existing Data: EHR data and administrative data.- Chapter 5. New Data: Observational Tools and Surveys.- Chapter 6. Interviews: Professionals and Consumers.- Chapter 7. Instruments: Baseline and follow up assessments.- Chapter 8. Instruments: Intervention descriptions.- Chapter 9. Instruments: Problem classification.- Chapter 10. Ethical review.- Chapter 11. Implementation.- Chapter 12. Analysis.- Chapter 13. Publication.

Karen A. Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an award-winning scholar and expert nurse informatician. She is co-director of the University of Minnesota Center for Nursing Informatics, Director of the Omaha System Partnership, affiliate faculty in the Institute for Health Informatics, and faculty in the Center for Spirituality and Healing. Dr. Monsen specializes in data management for intervention effectiveness research, quality improvement, and outcome evaluation in nursing and health care.

Based on her years of public health experience and her insights from exploring big data methods with existing datasets, Dr. Monsen celebrates the power of shared understanding enabled by the use of standardized data. At the cross roads of research and practice, she champions intervention effectiveness research through three major initiatives: The Omaha System Community of Practice, The Omaha System Partnership for Knowledge Discovery and Health Care Quality; and The Omaha System Guidelines. These initiatives are face-to-face and Internet forums for research and quality improvement projects world-wide. Dr. Monsen is the author of over 70 published studies that have advanced the design, development and evaluation of clinical practice for diverse problems, programs, and populations.

"This is a unique book, which can be used by students and novices. It can be useful for DNP students as they develop their end-of-program projects and for nurses as they begin to work on quality improvement and program evaluation projects. There is no comparable book in the field. This would be a great addition to the library of teachers and managers to share with their students and nurses." (Michalene A. King, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017)