Dr. jackson discusses Evidence-Based medicine
According to Todd Smith, who interviewed Brian Jackon, MD, MS, medical director of Informatics at ARUP, for the article, it is widely accepted that evidence-based medicine (EBM) "will help in the education and training of health professionals, the creation of a research agenda, production of guidelines, support of clinical decision-making and resource allocation." However, EBM's impact on the clinical laboratory has been limited thus far. Dr. Jackson believes that laboratorians have been more focused on science than technology. However, as medicine becomes more complex, evidence-based guidelines, which will likely lead to higher-quality patient care and reduce medical errors, are being driven by clinicians. According to Dr Jackson, labs must respond, since the laboratory's best interest is to be engaged in assessing evidence and setting up ordering protocols.
- Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been a substantial source of debate; it's been praised by some as a new standard in medicine, criticized by others as a statistic-riddled approach to decision making that challenges the nature of clinical expertise. Proponents claim that clinical expertise should be based on robust observation that involves the collection of reproducible, unbiased data. EBM, by definition, is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of patients.
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(Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory. “The Upside of EBM.” June 2007.)