Evidence-based medicine: a cornerstone for clinical care but not for quality improvement. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Evidence-based medicine: a cornerstone for clinical care but not for quality improvement. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published April 2019

Evidence-based medicine: a cornerstone for clinical care but not for quality improvement.

Mondoux S, Shojania KG. J Eval Clin Pract. 2019 Apr 11; [Epub ahead of print].

Evidence-based medicine has generated some controversy in quality and safety circles. The commentary highlights weaknesses in the science of evidence-based medicine and suggest that a broader systems-based approach is needed to inform health system redesign and improvement work.

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