Summary
The journal article discusses the evolution and definition of evidence-based medicine (EBM) since its coinage in 1991. EBM is defined as the integration of the best available evidence, patient preferences, and health provider expertise.
The focus is on utilizing information appropriately rather than acquiring it, emphasizing the shift from advocacy to inquiry, opinion to evidence, and disease-oriented outcomes to patient-oriented outcomes.
The article promotes the idea that clinicians should be valued based on their thinking rather than knowledge acquisition, marking a paradigm shift in healthcare.
