An EBN Score has two elements, an evidence score and a confidence score. This section focuses on the confidence score. EBN’s structured process has three stages, at each of these stages there are a series of questions. 

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At Stage 1 the questions focus on the attributes of the problem, the population and the outcomes as part the Discovery phase 

• At Stage 2 you share the needs statement with the key stakeholders to rank the opportunity as part of the Development of the Needs Statement

• At Stage 3 you assess the needs alignment with the organisations strategy as part of Defining  and prioritising the Needs 

 

The responses you and others provide at each stage is what makes up the Confidence Score. These questions are key, they ask you (and key stakeholders) to critically examine the needs statement and its components helping to refine the statement itself and build your confidence in the need. What these structures process enables is for you to rank your confidence in a need at each stage, allowing you to narrow the number of needs statements is narrowed as your understanding of the need develops.