EBSCO Clinical Decisions Partners With International Home Care Nurses Organization

IPSWICH, Massachusetts—EBSCO Clinical Decisions has formed a partnership with the International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). The companies said the partnership is aimed at elevating clinical practice guidelines for home-based professional nursing. 

Through this joint initiative, clinicians working in home environments gain access to IHCNO-validated knowledge through the EBSCO Dynamic Health platform. EBSCO said its Dynamic Health tool is designed to help nurses and allied health professionals master critical skills, obtain fast answers to clinical questions and foster a culture of evidence-based practice and critical thinking. 

“Homecare nursing requires an incredible amount of clinical independence, as these professionals often provide care without the immediate backup of a traditional hospital or clinic environment,” said Diane Hanson, chief nursing officer at EBSCO and editor-in-chief of Dynamic Health. “Our partnership with IHCNO ensures that clinicians have gold-standard, evidence-based guidance right at their fingertips. Validating these specialized homecare competencies allows us to give nurses the clinical confidence they need to deliver safe, high-quality care directly in the patient’s home.”

Combining EBSCO’s knowledge repository with IHCNO’s clinical expert review helps scale evidence-based care across the home health sector by focusing on three core areas:

• IHCNO experts will review essential nursing skills within the EBSCO Dynamic Health platform’s homecare collection annually.
• The initial rollout prioritizes critical, high-stakes procedures created specifically for home settings. Users can immediately access certified guidance for topics such as “identifying and managing hypoglycemia in unconscious adults in the home” and “inserting an indwelling urinary catheter in adults in the home”, among others.
• The verified resources are engineered to fit into existing clinical workflows. Professionals can utilize EBSCO’s natural-language Dyna AI tool to surface IHCNO-validated skills.