Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other ...

What it is Overdetection refers to the identification of abnormalities that were never going to cause harm, abnormalities that do not progress, that progress too slowly to cause symptoms or harm ...

Evidence-based medicine and coroners’ concerns Evidence-based medicine incorporates clinical expertise, patient values and the best external evidence. 8 Although systematic reviews and randomised ...

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC Assessing risk of bias in the results of included studies of a systematic review is a key step in ensuring our confidence in the review’s findings. A new tool for ...

Journal clubs, typically involving a group of health professionals or trainees who discuss recent study findings, have long been considered a fundamental element of teaching evidence-based practice.

Evidence-based clinical practice in evolution Traditionally, clinicians have been credited with clinical acumen according to their skills in making a diagnosis and prescribing or administering a ...

The global campaign to lower cholesterol by diet and drugs has failed to thwart the developing pandemic of coronary heart disease around the world. Some experts believe this failure is due to the ...

Incorporating experience and context into healthcare evidence There has been a substantial rise in the use qualitative and mixed methods research in medical and healthcare settings in the past 20 ...

Some countries have recently introduced a new series of restrictions, including military-enforced lockdowns, to reduce the surge of new cases attributable to the spread of the delta variant.1 ...

Objective To assess the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews that comprise the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with ...

Clinical practice guideline (CPG) panels are expected to abide by standards that ensure their processes are multidisciplinary, systematic and unbiased.1 Unfortunately, many CPGs fail to satisfy these ...