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Joanna Briggs Institute Project

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is a not-for-profit global organisation committed to the development, promotion and support of evidence-based health care, or ‘Best Practice’. 

The Practice Development Unit of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland is leading a 3-year programme focusing on a Scottish Centre model in order to forge stronger links between JBI and NHS Scotland in a coordinated and cohesive manner, which allows all-Scotland membership.  The 3-year programme incorporates a scoping process to identify priorities, pilot work to determine most appropriate ‘products’ and processes to support NHS Scotland and an evaluation strategy to consider the impact of the implementation.

You can access JBI COnNECT Scotland through the elibrary  using your athens user name and password or; through JBI COnNECT using your NHS Board username and password.

You can get your board username and password through your local Link opens in new windowJBI facilitator

About the Project

Project initiation date:   April 2007
Scheduled completion date:  April 2010
Expected publication date:    Mid-August 2010

Equality and Diversity

NHS Quality Improvement Scotland is committed to equality and diversity.  We have assessed the membership of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) across NHSScotland for likely impact on the six equality groups defined by age, disability, gender, race, religion/belief and sexual orientation.  The implementation of the JBI tools and resources should be subject to local EQIA process. 

Further information:  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20687/52421

Using JBI COnNECT locally

This link opens in new browser window; you are now leaving the NHS QIS website.Using JBI COnNECT locally (Word, 28K, 4secs)

JBI project newsletter

NHS QIS JBI Project Newsletter June 2008 (PDF, 370K, 30secs)

Previous Newsletters

Link opens in new windowNHS QIS JBI project newsletter March 2008 (PDF, 1.3MB, 3mins 14secs)

Project Update June 2008

NHSScotland and THE JOANNA BRIGGS INSTITUTE: A dynamic partnership

An event was held on Wednesday 11 June 2008 in Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh to celebrate the first year of the partnership between NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). The event was to celebrate the global, national and local perspective of this initiative.

Click here to view photos and information on this event 

Link opens in new windowEvent Programme (word, 184K, 12secs)
Link opens in new windowConference report (Word, 28K, 3 secs)
Link opens in new windowAll event presentations (PPT, 13MB)

Project update January 2008

Link opens in new windowJBI Connect December 2007 (PDF, 7.3MB, 18mins 13secs)

COnNECT your organisation to health care information, practice manuals, international evidence
summaries, auditing tools and quality improvement resources through JBI COnNECT.

What is JBI COnNECT?

JBI COnNECT (Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) is a web-based system that integrates resources and tools with clear easy‑to‑use pathways to assist health care workers make evidence-based informed clinical decisions about the care and treatment of their patients.

Project aim

To create an alliance between the JBI collaboration, NHS QIS and NHS Scotland that will promote and facilitate best practice and improve patient care.

Project objectives

  • access, utilise and contribute to a professional international evidence base
  • strengthen existing national and international links
  • create opportunities to share experience and expertise at both levels
  • contribute to the practice development agenda
  • establish evidence utilisation groups and/or evidence synthesis groups across Scotland
  • explore the possibility of developing a JBI node for Scotland
Through on-line resources NHS Boards can be connected to health care information, practice manuals, international evidence summaries, audit tools and quality improvement resources.
 
Each NHS Board is being asked to identify a facilitator who will receive training and support from the NHS QIS Project Team so that local needs can be addressed.

The information available is targeted at a wide range of health care professionals and carers, including: 

  • Nurses
  • Patients/Clients
  • Midwives
  • Researchers
  • Allied Health Professionals
  • Students
  • Carers
  • Managers

The project team


Penny Bond, Project lead    
Proffesional Officer, NHSQIS         
Tel:  0131 623 4349   

Peter Wimpenny
Project Development, RGU
Tel:  01224 262650

Sylvia Wilcock
Project Development, RGU

Jill French
Project Manager 
Tel:  07816166279

 Tiffany Conroy
Senior trainer, JBI

Contacts

Jill French
Project Manager 
Tel:  07816166279