National Elf Service Launches to Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Evidence

The National Elf Service is introduced as a groundbreaking initiative to address the challenges in accessing and staying updated on healthcare evidence. It aims to combat misinterpretations and gaps in evidence, offering a reliable platform for professionals to stay informed. Through a series of informative images, the service demonstrates its mission to provide accessible, usable, evidence-based information, ensuring relevance and currency in the healthcare field.

• Healthcare Evidence
• National Elf Service
• Accessible Information
• Evidence-based Practice

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1. #ElfCampfire Please wait . The elves will be with you shortly

2. #ElfCampfire Getting started with the National Elf Service

3. A warm welcome! #ElfCampfire nationalelfservice.net/campf ires/

4. 1. Introductions 2. Why did we start the National Elf Service? 3. What elves will we be adding over the coming months? 4. Website demonstration

5. Introduce yourself: Your role Your place of work

6. Why build a National Elf Service? 47% of press releases & 40% of abstracts contain spin 1 31% of press releases misinterpret trial results 1 58-87% of clinical questions go unanswered 2 1. Yavchitz A, Boutron I, Bafeta A, Marroun I, Charles P, et al. (2012) Misrepresentation of Randomized Controlled Trials in Press Releases and News Coverage: A Cohort Study. PLoS Med 9(9) 2. Badenoch D, De Br n C. (2011) Where s the Evidence for Evidence?

7. Arent they doing it already? NO! Meta- databases (e.g. NHS Evidence) Evidence databases (e.g. Cochrane Library) Evidence syntheses (e.g. Dynamed) Accessible Usable Evidence-based Current Relevant

8. Arent they doing it already? NO! NO! Meta- databases (e.g. NHS Evidence) Evidence databases (e.g. Cochrane Library) X Evidence syntheses (e.g. Dynamed) Accessible X X Usable X X Evidence-based Current X X Relevant X

9. An avalanche of health research The quantity of high quality health research continues to increase Professionals still struggle to access evidence and stay up to date Initiatives aimed at solving the problem have failed so far Badenoch D, Tomlin A. (2015) Keeping up to date with reliable mental health research: National Elf Service white paper. Minervation Ltd, Oxford.

10. What is the National Elf Service?

11. We help health and social care professionals: Keep up to date with research Connect with experts & colleagues Track their learning Make use of evidence in practice

12. Engaging with Evidence In the past, evidence was something that we did to professionals With the National Elf Service, evidence is something professionals can engage with

13. Elf topics 1. Mental Health 2. Learning Disabilities 3. Social Care 4. Dental 5. Musculoskeletal 6. Commissioning 7. Child Health 8. Lifestyle 9. Diabetes 10.Stroke May 2015 June 2015 August 2015 October 2015 January 2016

14. Any questions before we start the website demo? Don t forget to tweet! #ElfCampfire nationalelfservice.net/campf