ADA, JEBDP to host 3rd international EBD conference in May
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Posted Nov. 8, 2007 |
The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice and the ADA will host the 3rd International Conference on Evidence-Based Dentistry: "Managing Dental Health in a Connected World," May 4 at ADA Headquarters. The conference is sponsored by an educational grant from Procter and Gamble.
The conference will explore the dissemination of evidence-based information with an emphasis on Clinical Decision Support and will be held following the first EBD Champion Conference May 2-3.
CDS provides clinicians, staff, patients or other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information filtered and presented at appropriate times to enhance health care.
"Clinical Decision Support tools and products are being developed and they will be widely used in the future," said Dr. Michael Newman, JEBDP editor. "CDS is an essential resource that will make it easier for dental practitioners to keep up to date."
Jonathan Tiech, co-author of the white paper "A Roadmap for National Action on Clinical Decision Support," and Mary Anne Hochadel, editor and chief, Gold Standard, will deliver the keynote addresses.
Other speakers are:
- Dr. Phillipe Hujoel, University of Washington and JEBDP, "Converting Science into Art: The challenge of the translationists";
- Dr. Janet Clarkson, The Cochrane Library, "Dissemination of Cochrane resources beyond the Library";
- Claudia Luciak-Donsberger, Ph.D., Vienna, Austria, "From Information to Action: Empowering Patients with Information to Improve Outcomes";
- Dr. George Merijohn, private practice dentist, "The Practicing Clinician's Perspective";
- Susan Griffin, Ph.D., and Dr. Barbara Gooch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Dissemination of Important Information in an EB World Example—Dental Sealants";
- Dr. Robert Ahlstrom, member, ADA National Health Information Infrastructure Task Force, "Practical Integration into the health care system by dentistry";
- Anne Johnston, Gold Standard, "Increasing the Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Medication Use Through Clinical Decision Support."
- Dr. Newman and Dr. Daniel M. Meyer, senior vice president, ADA Division of Science, will provide closing remarks.
"There is a gap between the most current evidence-based health knowledge and the information that is typically applied in making health care decisions," said Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., director of the Research Institute and Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry. "Dissemination of evidence-based information through CDS is a necessary and crucial step to close the gap."
The program is open to dentists, educators, professional society leaders, administrators, researchers, dental hygienists and dental representatives of companies who develop and market new EBD and CDS products and technologies.
Attendance for the conference is limited so if you're interested, please fill out an online application form that can be found at www.ada.org/goto/ebdconf. Applicants will be notified in February. Deadline for the applications is January 20.
For more information, call the toll-free number, Ext. 2519.
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