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Evidence‐based Reviews and Databases: Are They Worth the Effort? Developing Evidence Summaries for Emergency Medicine
Author(s) -
Wyer Peter C.,
Rowe Brian H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.tb02373.x
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , evidence based medicine , resource (disambiguation) , quality (philosophy) , medline , interactivity , health care , database , knowledge management , medical emergency , alternative medicine , computer science , world wide web , pathology , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
A broad range of relevant evidence‐based resources within and outside of emergency medicine (EM) collates and summarizes research evidence pertaining to many questions relevant to clinical emergency care. Such resources may or may not constitute the equivalent of health care recommendations, and their relationship to clinical decision‐making may be complex. Many efforts in evidence‐based medicine resource development, and their products, are marginally relevant to EM practice but may serve as useful models for parallel EM relevant efforts. A trade‐off exists between synthesis quality and ease of practitioner access and use. Keeping all such resources up to date is a major challenge. Although observational evidence suggests that dynamic interactivity and information retrieval technology may enhance practitioner utilization, little evidence exists supporting the absolute or comparative effectiveness of different kinds of resources and databases in enhancing evidence uptake or changing clinician behavior.