Evidence-Based Treatment Case Study 2022

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RUNNING HEAD: EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
Evidence-Based Treatment
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EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
Evidence-Based Treatment
Long before World War II, health care systems were not as diverse. This was mainly
attributed to a low internet connection and research materials available. Health care systems
started evolving after the Second World War. Different methods were used in the treatment
of diseases. A lot of research was done on drugs, application of those drugs and their effects.
Due to good internet connection and a lot of information available in the medical world,
health care resolutions have hadlots of changes since then. The health care decisions took
different angles of standing from those with little or no attention to evidence to those that
heavily relied on evidence (Greenhalgh, Howick & Maskrey, 2014). These differences
brought about distinct health care systems like the Evidence-based Medicine, which was first
identified in a journal called American College of Physicians in 1991. EBM cannot only do
with research evidence but also the incorporation of clinical skill, the distinct values and set
of situations of the particular patient (Greenhalgh, Howick & Maskrey, 2014). A lot of
advances has been made ever since. EBM has been on the rise because of the profusion of
information, ever-rising patient presumption, a populace that is ageing and new technologies
being developed. Some of its advantages are patented care of the victim, the cost of patient
care reduces, and the prowess of the professional caregiver is enhanced. The following is a
diagram explaining EBM:
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EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074860/
The principles that govern EBM are; order of evidence and evidence accompanied by
other values such as patient's expectations. Best practice, random control trials, systematic
evaluation and clinical practice instructions that aid in the advancement of clinical
practice(Rice, 2011). It also involves quality improvement of an institution's projects, having
management initiatives for handling outcomes and focusing on clinical expertise. The
preferences of patients and values are also not overlooked, and this accounts for the last
principle.
The processes for EBM include; formulating answerable clinical questions which may
include health economics, prognosis, and quality of care, diagnosis, iatrogenic harm or
treatment. It is always in a format called PICOT. The P represents the problem of interest,
population and patient, I intervention, C is a comparison; T is for time (LoBiondo-Wood &