Evidence-based medicine is at the heart of what we physicians do. It is the basis for professional decision-making, and a focus of most journal articles we read. Using solid evidence to practice good medicine has been a foundation of clinical practice for decades.
There are consequences for failing to follow evidence-based guidelines. If patient harm results from straying from a more loosely defined “standard of care,” which tends to be evidence-based, we may find ourselves facing a dreaded malpractice lawsuit. If certain evidence-based quality metrics are not met, our paychecks may suffer. That is the case with my employer, even though my practice as an anesthesiologist isn’t measured by any of the core metrics my salary depends upon.
While there is still a place for the art of medicine, the science of medicine largely dictates how we act out our professional lives.
Do we make evidence-based decisions in our personal lives?
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