Zynx Issues | Evidence-Based Healthcare

The volume of clinical knowledge has expanded exponentially over the last forty years.¹ More than 150,000 medical articles are published each month and there are more than 20,000 biomedical journals² – leaving many organizations and clinicians struggling to stay current with contemporary practice and research in their field. Clinical information overload may contribute to the long lag time between the availability of evidence and its widespread practice, as discussed in the IOM quality reports To Err is Human (1999)³ and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001).⁴

Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH is the president, chief executive officer, and co-founder of Zynx Health and a thought leader in health services research and evidence-based healthcare.

How can an organization or a clinician stay current with the ever-expanding amount of peer-reviewed literature?

Founded and driven by thought leaders in health services research and evidence-based medicine, Zynx Health employs a rigorous research methodology to track the latest research results, best practices, and guidelines from the peer-reviewed literature. Our physicians, nurses, and pharmacists synthesize the evidence into actionable recommendations designed to help measurably improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care. All clinical recommendations also include links to specific references to ensure clinicians have the latest findings.

How can an organization encourage and ensure the use of evidence-based practice?

Zynx solutions provide organizations with the tools to standardize care around evidence-based practice. ZynxOrder™ and ZynxCare™ help clinicians make evidence actionable in the form of order sets, plans of care, reminders, and alerts which can be easily customized to include local guidelines, evidence, or community best practices.

"Many of us struggle every day to improve health care through the use of health information technology. Tools like those provided by Zynx Health allow us to make a difference directly at the point of care which is where the rubber really meets the road."

Patricia L. Hale, PhD, MD, FACP, Chair of Medical Informatics, American College of Physicians and Chief Medical Information Officer, Glen Falls Memorial Health System

¹ Chassin MR. Is health care ready for Six Sigma quality?. Milbank Quarterly . 76(4):565-91, 510, 1998.
² Levin A. The Cochrane Collaboration. Annals of Internal Medicine .135 (4): 309 -12, 2001 Aug 21.
³ Institute of Medicine. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington DC ( United States): Institute of Medicine; 1999.
⁴ Institute of Medicine. Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. Washington DC ( United States): Institute of Medicine; 2001.