Welcome to JBI COnNECT
Connecting the best available international evidence to the point-of-care
Introducing JBI COnNECT
JBI COnNECT is a unique web based facility that provides online resources and tools to assist patients/residents/clients, their families and those involved in their care, to utilise evidence-based information in clinical decision making processes.
JBI COnNECT is a user-friendly collection of online resources designed to inform and assist:
- the users of health care services (consumers);
- service providers (owners, executives, and managers);
- healthcare professionals (nurses, medical practitioners and allied health professionals);
- care assistants (care assistants, personal carers).
JBI COnNECT comprises of a series of sites on selected areas of health, referred to as "nodes". All nodes contain the same resources and programs however information included in each node is specific to that area of health.
Current nodes included in JBI COnNECT include:
- Aged Care
- Acute Care
- Physio
- Occupational Therapy
- Midwifery Care
- Infection Control
Nodes currently in development include::
- Burns Care
- Mental Health Care
Users can choose to subscribe to one node and only access information relevant to that particular area of health (i.e. Aged Care) or they can choose to subscribe to all nodes via the one portal (i.e. JBI COnNECT)
JBI COnNECT is essentially a "one-stop-shop" stocked with a wide range of resources for facilitating effective and appropriate evidence-based health care.
The need for health care staff and consumers to access independent advice on the effectiveness, appropriateness and cost benefits of specific health and care interventions; and to implement evidence and evaluate its impact has been recognised in most advanced economies, but the current efforts to summarise, disseminate and establish systems for its utilisation are largely confined to the areas of acute care and primary health care. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) has a well-established reputation in the area of evidence-based clinical decision support and clinical practice improvement and is pleased to be working with our international reference groups in establishing and maintaining JBI COnNECT.
It is anticipated that the provision of these resources will improve outcomes for patients/residents/clients living in the community or in temporary or long-term care facilities. JBI COnNECT resources are designed for, and readily accessible to, health care professionals and providers and service users. The resources address aspects of clinical care and as such support various Accreditation Standards and/or Programs. The resources enhance the ability of health care workers to provide consistent and appropriate care, while reducing the risk of clinical adverse events. The resources also facilitate staff training and continuous improvement within the health care sector.
To download the JBI COnNECT guide click here.
Evidence-based health care - or "Best Practice" - is care that is based on the best available international evidence. Health care services, health care professionals - doctors, nurses, allied health professionals (such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, pharmacists) and care assistants - who are committed to evidence-based best practice collaborate with patients/residents/clients and their families/significant others to make decisions about care and treatment based on the outcomes of a vast array of research and information generated across the world and published in books, scientific and professional journals and government and professional association reports. Bringing together the findings and recommendations of this enormous (and growing!) information base international organisations such as the Cochrane Collaboration; the Campbell Collaboration; and the Joanna Briggs Institute invest time, expertise and resources searching this booming information source to combine and summarise it to support the clinical decision making of health professionals and to assist the users of services to make informed choices.
Evidence-based organisations or professionals engage in the six essential steps of evidence-based health care:
- Searching for the Evidence
- Appraising the Evidence
- Summarising the Evidence
- Embedding the Evidence in Practice and in Systems
- Utilising (using) the Evidence
- Evaluating the Evidence
JBI COnNECT consists of a range of resources developed by the JBI for patients/residents/clients and the health care sector to search, appraise, summarise, embed, utilise and evaluate the best available international evidence.
JBI COnNECT searches the evidence for its users - and gives access to a wide range of databases for users to search. JBI COnNECT also gives access to JBI RAPid to assist users to appraise the evidence - and access to the JBI Evidence Review Network.
Users of JBI COnNECT can also access summarised evidence; tools to embed evidence in their operating systems; tools to implement evidence; and tools to evaluate the impact of using evidence on patient/resident/client outcomes.
JBI COnNECT (COnNECT standing for Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) is a gateway to specialist online services for a wide range of health care specialities and professions.
JBI COnNECT is the gateway to everything consumers and providers need to become informed service users, evidence-based organisations or evidence-based practitioners.
If you are using JBI COnNECT for the first time, find out more by visiting the JBI COnNECT About pages once you enter the site.
If you are not a member of JBI or a subscriber to JBI COnNECT click here to join or subscribe.