Applying the JBI Six-Step Approach to Evidence-Based Health and Aged Care

By applying the six essential steps of evidence-based health and aged care, that is:

• Searching for the Evidence;
• Appraising the Evidence;
• Summarising the Evidence;
• Embedding the Evidence in Practice and in Systems;
• Utilising the Evidence and;
• Evaluating the Effects of Evidence

Organisations and health professionals can establish, monitor and maintain evidence-based practice within the health and aged care sector. JBI COnNECT provides a gateway to everything users require to become informed service users.

The JBI Endorsement Program

The Joanna Briggs Institute recognises that the key to clinical practice improvement in health and aged care is the development of infrastructures and processes that promote, facilitate and measure engagement in an evidence-based approach to care and evaluate the relationship between such engagement on performance and patient/resident/client outcomes.

The Institute has approved a set of Endorsement Criteria that ensures a commitment to maintain and improve an evidence-based approach to service delivery:

• The organisation provides online access to evidence for health professionals close to the point of care;
• The organisation provides on-site awareness/training programs on using evidence in clinical decision making; online access to evidence-based clinical audit and practice change tools; and online access to evidence appraisal tools;
• At least one Evidence Utilisation Group (EUG) is active on each site (or unit in sites with 100 residents or more);
• Each EUG completes at least two full-PACES cycles per year evidenced by publication in the International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare or other refereed journals.

JBI Endorsement is for an initial period of one (1) year; and subsequently, for periods of three years. JBI Endorsed Evidence-Based Organisations receive an endorsement plaque suitable for public display and are entitled to incorporate the "JBI Endorsed Evidence-Based Organisation" symbol on all materials.

JBI Endorsed Evidence-Based Organisations:

• Demonstrate their commitment to evidence-based health care to their employees, their patients/residents/clients and their constituency;
• Enhance their credibility in the eyes of the public and other stakeholders;
• Strengthen their position in a competitive field; and
• Improve protection against legal challenges.

Specific JBI Endorsement Criteria

1. Staff have access to a networked computer situated close to their work area;
2. Staff are issued with the organisation's JBI user name and password;
3. Staff are issued with their own JBI User Guide; and
4. The organisation has in place strategies to raise awareness of evidence-based practice principles and of accessing JBI CONnECT;
5. Staff have access to JBI PACES; JBI POOL/JBI COOL; and JBI RAPid;
6. At least two full-PACES cycles per site (or unit in facilities of 100 patients/residents or more) are registered on the PACES site by the organisation per year;
7. At least two PACES reports per site (or unit in facilities of 100 patients/residents or more) are accepted for publication in the International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare or other refereed journals per year;
8. The Organisation has at least one established, active, registered JBI Evidence Utilisation Group per site (or unit in facilities of 100 residents or more)

Endorsement Process

1. Submission of an application for Endorsement as an Evidence-Based Organisation to the Joanna Briggs Institute on the prescribed application form.
2. Desk top audit of all documents submitted in support of an application by the Joanna Briggs Institute.
3. Assessment of the applicant's evidence-based activity and capability.
4. Preparation of assessment report and issuing the report to the applicant within 21 days from receipt of application.
5. The report will detail the findings of the audit and contain one of the following recommendations:
   • Reject the application; advice to applicant on improvement; or
   • Endorsement;

In the unlikely event that during an audit, agreement cannot be reached between both parties with regard to the achievement of the endorsement requirements, then the applicant has the right to make a formal appeal (in writing) to the JBI project leader responsible for endorsement awards. All appeals will be acknowledged upon receipt and every effort will be made to provide the appellant with a final conclusion in writing within 5 working days from receipt of the formal appeal.

There are no costs related to the endorsement process for JBI member organisations.

Upon award, a JBI Endorsed Evidence-Based Organisation plaque, indicating the level of endorsement and the period of endorsement and an electronic version of the JBI Endorsed Evidence-Based Organisation symbol will be issued to the successful applicant.

Click here to download the Endorsement booklet
Click here to download the Aged Care Endorsement booklet

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