TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Program Evaluation: How to Tell If Something Worked in the Real World A1 - Howell, Michael D. A1 - Stevens, Jennifer P. PY - 2020 T2 - Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science AB - We have covered a lot of ground so far in this book, reviewing multiple methods ranging from medical research to automotive manufacturing to machine learning. Our goal is to improve, measure, and evaluate changes in healthcare delivery. But fundamentally, we are interested in whether a change in the care we provide benefits patients and is not merely associated with a benefit. Does the availability of board-certified intensivists improve the care of the critically ill at night?1 Does the introduction of an electronic health record (EHR) improve or harm the care of patients?2 How can we know when our interventions have actually made a difference to our patients? SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167645526 ER -