Evidence-Based Medicine: A Movement in Crisis?
June 2014
in “
BMJ
”
TLDR Evidence-based medicine needs improvement to better tailor treatments to individual patients.
Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues discussed the challenges faced by the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement, acknowledging its benefits but also highlighting negative unintended consequences. They argued that EBM needed a renaissance to address these issues, suggesting a shift towards providing usable evidence that could be integrated with clinical context and professional expertise. This approach aimed to ensure that individual patients received optimal treatment tailored to their specific needs.