Healthcare Solutions Based On Evidence
Do you have a clinical question about your healthcare practice? Wonder if there’s a better way to perform a task? Or curious about why something is done a certain way? The Summa Health Center for Clinical Inquiry assists clinicians and staff in using an evidence-based methodology to solve problems, find answers to clinical questions, and guide the implementation, sustainment, and dissemination of best practices and processes.
Our experienced team is dedicated to providing the infrastructure to build a sustainable evidence-based decision-making organization to become highly reliable and achieve the quadruple aim.
2024 - Gorsuch, Boss, Gustafson, Steiner, & Germano
Vision
The Summa Health Center for Clinical Inquiry’s vision is to promote and support clinical inquiry to elevate professional practice embodied within Summa Commitments.
Mission
The mission of the Summa Health Center for Clinical Inquiry is to provide the infrastructure to support staff in using an evidence-based methodology to solve problems. We do so by:
- Developing an engaged and productive repository for clinical inquiry
- Facilitating translation of research
- Promoting evidence-based practices within Summa Health
- Consulting on the commitment to high-quality, reliable compassionate care
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach for healthcare that integrates best practices from evidence found in scientific literature and combines it with clinician expertise and patient preferences to make patient care decisions.