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Evidence, Critical Appraisal, and Information Filtering

Tower of booksFor 30 years, information scientists at the Center for Knowledge Management (CKM) have provided expert filtered and synthesized evidence impacting research, patient care, clinical practice, and healthcare management at Vanderbilt Health. They possess expertise in searching the biomedical literature, synthesizing and filtering evidence, evaluating study design, identifying inherent biases, and recognizing the most authoritative sources for particular information needs. As such, CKM is recognized as a Vanderbilt Health authority on the synthesis of biomedical literature and resources.

CKM information scientists provide targeted evidence for integration into the medical center’s clinical systems, protocols, and practices. They have advanced knowledge in medicine, metadata management, health literacy and learning styles, public health, biochemistry, and genetics – all of which drives evidence support for diverse medical center teams, systems, and processes.  CKM evidence products are maintained within in-house databases and are available to the Vanderbilt Health community. 

CKM provides learning opportunities in multiple areas of expertise to support patient care, research, education, and hospital administration for the Vanderbilt Health and VU communities. Our offerings range from how to conduct systematic reviews to health and genetic literacy. 
 

Publications/Presentations

  • “Analysis of Clinical Informatics Literature Module,” Introduction to Clinical Informatics (ACI 6110) course, Masters of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics (MSACI) program, Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Informatics. Fall 2016 - present.

  • Koonce TY, Blasingame MN, Williams AM, Clark JD, DesAutels SJ, Giuse DA, Zhao J, Su J, Naylor HM, Giuse NB. Building a scalable knowledge management approach to support evidence provision for precision medicine. American Medical Informatics Association Informatics Summit, March 2022.

  • Koonce TY, Giuse DA, Blasingame MN, Su J, William AM, Biggerstaff PL, Osterman TJ, Giuse NB. The personalization of evidence: using intelligent datasets to inform the process. American Medical Informatics Fall Symposium [virtual], November 2020.

  • DesAutels SJ, Zutter MM, Williams AW, Giuse DA, Fox ZE, Youngblood M, Stead WW, Giuse NB. Integrating evidence to inform lab test selection into a knowledge management framework. AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, May 2018.

  • "Information Retrieval and Assessing Evidence Module,” Clinical Decision Support and Evidence-based Patient Care (ACI 6120) course, Masters of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics (MSACI) program, Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Informatics. Spring 2017.