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Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

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The Institute delivers world-class research, engagement and training that serves as a national and international resource for scholars, clinicians, system leaders, patients and families in the implementation of evidence-based clinical care. The effective integration of research into practice contributes to the health and healthcare of Australians, influences health policy, improves global health outcomes, and enhances Bond University as a leading private and independent University.

 

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Our purpose

We aim to improve healthcare by better understanding the causes of, and solutions to, gaps between research evidence and its application in practice.

To achieve this, we:
  • Undertake research that more closely aligns evidence and patient care.
  • Support and extend collaborations between clinicians and health researchers to achieve higher value care.
  • Enable patients and families to make evidence-informed health decisions that are congruent with their values and preferences.
  • Lead and facilitate the teaching and learning of evidence-based practice.
  • Develop young researchers for research programs in sustainable healthcare.

Our research

Our research addresses four big, neglected problems in healthcare. Our focus in these areas assists health systems to provide care that is patient-centred and informed by evidence, and enables patients to make decisions that are congruent with their values, preferences and circumstances.

Antibiotic resistance

currently leads to 30,000 avoidable deaths per year in Europe and the USA, threatens elective surgery, and foreshadows a resurgence of the bacterial diseases of the 19th century.

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Overdiagnosis

has led to a massive increase in the apparent prevalence of many diseases through definition change and overdetection, and rising healthcare costs.

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Non-drug pharmaceutical treatments

are often as effective and as safe, or safer than their pharmaceutical cousins but are poorly described and “marketed”, and therefore little used.

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Waste in medical research

is estimated to cost over $100 billion per year from avoidable design flaws, non-publication and poor reporting, resulting in >85% avoidable waste.

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Latest news

  • Software Developer

    Join our world class institute and highly experienced team to improve the efficiency of research teams & external partners. Be at the forefront of developing research automation software.

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  • Automation tools workshops

    The Institute will be hosting a number of workshops on automation tools to: improve the speed of conducting; improve the speed of writing and designing; create efficient search strategies; and improve the efficiency of screening studies for systematic reviews.

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  • Comparing telerehab to face-to-face rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions

    Our systematic review of 5 RCTs comparing telerehabilitation to face-to-face rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions found very low-quality evidence of no difference between the two modalities for pain function, quality of life and satisfaction. Although only a small number of trials were included, the evidence suggests no difference between tele and face-to-face rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions.

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  • 2weekSR methodology tested

    In 2019, the team invented the 2weekSR methodology, to complete full, PRISMA-compliant systematic reviews (SRs) in approximately 2 weeks. Since then, we have continued to develop and adapt the 2weekSR methodology for completing larger, and more complex systematic reviews, including less experienced or inexperienced team members. The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology has just published the case series (in press).

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  • 2022 Report

    The annual report provides an overview of the Institute's research achievements for the year.

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