Evidence-Based Medicine

Internet forums and negotiation of healthcare knowledge cultures

“…Consumer experience, thus, should be viewed as equally important as scientific experience, particularly given that medical professionals primarily rely on their experience and the surrogate experience of their colleagues in their prescription judgement (Black and Tagg, 2007). This might seem surprising given the emphasis since the 1990s on evidence-based medicine in the UK (Coomarasamy and Khan, 2004;McColl et al, 1998;Rosenberg and Donald, 1995) and US (Torpy et al, 2006). "[E]vidence based medicine [.…”

Qualitative research in evidence-based medicine: Improving decision-making and participation in randomized controlled trials of cancer treatments

“…3 The aim is to assist clinicians and healthcare professionals in developing methods of disease prevention, making proper diagnoses, choosing the best treatment plans, and developing appropriate guidelines that can be used to improve treatment, measure performance and identify areas for further study and improvement. 2 The randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a powerful tool for evidence-based medicine and is widely regarded by the medical profession as the 'gold-standard' study design for the evaluation of medications and procedures to improve health. In particular, the random allocation of participants to the intervention and control arms reduces bias and provides the most rigorous way of determining whether a cause-effect relationship exists.…”

“…Since the 1990s there has been increasing emphasis on ‘evidence-based medicine’. 1 The term itself is debated but has been defined as ‘the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient’s values to make decisions about medical care’ 2 and ‘the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients’ by ‘integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research’. 3 The aim is to assist clinicians and healthcare professionals in developing methods of disease prevention, making proper diagnoses, choosing the best treatment plans, and developing appropriate guidelines that can be used to improve treatment, measure performance and identify areas for further study and improvement.…”

“…3 The aim is to assist clinicians and healthcare professionals in developing methods of disease prevention, making proper diagnoses, choosing the best treatment plans, and developing appropriate guidelines that can be used to improve treatment, measure performance and identify areas for further study and improvement. 2…”

Egészségügyi technológiák gazdasági elemzése krónikus betegségekben: lehetőségek és kihívások Magyarország számára

“…It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease (Torpy et al, [2006]). HTA was formally established with the German Health Care Reform at 2000 (Fricke and Dauben, [2009] (Fricke and Dauben, [2009]).…”