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Evidence Based Health Care

Evidence-based health care is the conscientious integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to guide decisions about the care of individuals and the organization of health services. It extends the principles of evidence-based medicine beyond the clinician-patient en…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 24× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9383 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Evidence-based health care is the conscientious integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to guide decisions about the care of individuals and the organization of health services. It extends the principles of evidence-based medicine beyond the clinician-patient encounter to nursing, allied health, public health and health-system management, asking practitioners to frame answerable questions, retrieve and critically appraise relevant studies, and apply findings while accounting for context, resources and preferences. Evidence is conventionally graded, with systematic reviews and randomized trials carrying more weight than observational data or expert opinion, though qualitative and implementation research increasingly inform practice where trials are impractical. A central concern of the field is the gap between knowing what works and doing it: implementation science examines the barriers, facilitators and strategies that determine whether validated interventions are adopted in real settings, including provider knowledge, organizational readiness and workflow fit. Allied disciplines such as occupational therapy, rehabilitation and community health draw on this framework to standardize care, reduce unwarranted variation and improve outcomes. Methods such as scoping reviews and participatory approaches help map existing knowledge and surface the practical conditions under which evidence can be translated into sustained, equitable practice across diverse populations and care environments.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 24 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Health Research (ISSN 2576-9383).

Journal editorial board
Irma Brito · Portugal Suelen Boschen · United States Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui · Saudi Arabia

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