An Elsevier news brief is stressing the need for a business case for evidence-based medicine (EBM) to improve the U.S. healthcare system. The brief culminated from a roundtable discussion of healthcare industry thought leaders at the CMIO Leadership Forum in Chicago last fall.

EBM is a learning process that involves: the conversion of information needs into focused questions; identification of the best evidence for answering a question; review of evidence for validity and clinical usefulness; application of results to clinical practice; and evaluation of how the evidence performs in clinical applications.

To read more about the opportunities and strategies to move EMB forward, check out the brief below: