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Evidence‐Based Medicine and Information Mastery: Application for Acute Gastrointestinal Conditions
Author(s) -
Force Rex W.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1592/phco.23.13.61s.31927
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , evidence based medicine , health care , medicine , medline , information overload , critically ill , patient care , psychology , alternative medicine , nursing , medical education , intensive care medicine , computer science , pathology , world wide web , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Although advances in medical therapeutics are providing more options to improve patient care, the medical professional, wading through information overload, may not be effective in critically evaluating new data and making informed decisions based on them. Evidence‐based medicine and information mastery offer clear guidelines to help health care professionals critically evaluate the relevance and validity of articles as they relate to patient care. When evaluating literature it is important to emphasize patient‐oriented evidence that matters, rather than disease‐oriented evidence.