BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Hidden risks of predictive models in healthcare

Joseph Alderman et al argue that predictive models in healthcare lack adequate oversight and regulation. They highlight the ...
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Unknowns of drug company payment disclosure: why the UK needs payment transparency legislation

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Is 'minimum enough? Attending to the 'important in clinically important differences

We read the recent paper1 on outcome selection in psychiatric trials with great interest. The authors highlight four concerns: the predominant focus on symptom reduction scales as primary outcomes, ...
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Methodological quality and synthesis of case series and case reports

Correspondence to Dr Mohammad Hassan Murad, Evidence-Based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; murad.mohammad{at}mayo.edu In 1904, Dr James Herrick evaluated a 20-year-old patient ...
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Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t

Correspondence to Professor John Brodersen, Centre of Research & Education in General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen 1014, ...
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Critical appraisal of qualitative research: necessity, partialities and the issue of bias

Correspondence to Dr Veronika Williams, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; veronika.williams{at}phc.ox.ac.uk Given its scope and its place ...
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How to create PICO questions about diagnostic tests

Correspondence to Dr Hendrika J Luijendijk, General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands; h.j.luijendijk{at}umcg.nl PICOs are ...
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Rapid access to innovative medicinal products while ensuring relevant health technology assessment. Position of the French National Authority for Health

Correspondence to Doctor Antoine Vanier, Health Technology Assessment Department, Haute Autorité de Santé, La Plaine Saint-Denis, 93210, France; a.vanier{at}has-sante.fr In France, decisions for ...
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Controlled comparison of a flipped classroom evidence-based practice course delivered online or on-campus

Correspondence to Dr Clarisa Martinez, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA; clarisa{at}usc.edu The flipped class model is in ...
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Expanding the evidence within evidence-based healthcare: thinking about the context, acceptability and feasibility of interventions

1 School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK 2 School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Thus, interpersonal ...
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Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

Correspondence to Dr Kerry Dwan, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK; Kerry.dwan{at}york.ac.uk A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the ...