Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a ...

Defining goals of number communications This is a more nuanced and complicated question than most people think it is. ‘Accurate understanding’ is usually defined in the research literature as good ...

Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. In healthcare, obtaining real-world data can be ...

Journal clubs, typically involving a group of health professionals or trainees who discuss recent study findings, have long been considered a fundamental element of teaching evidence-based practice.

Changing disease or health risk definitions and labels where there is a case for no or little net benefit and significant harm, has the potential to affect millions of people worldwide. It appears, on ...

A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the empirical evidence from studies that meet prespecified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. As part of the ...

Objectives To investigate which imaging procedures that are identified as low-value imaging and to provide an overview of how large proportion of these procedures that are considered to be of low ...

Qualitative research has an important place within evidence-based health care (EBHC), contributing to policy on patient safety and quality of care, supporting understanding of the impact of chronic ...

Understanding the causes of deaths and how they can be prevented is critical for improving healthcare outcomes. At a population level, over-reporting or under-reporting of deaths can have a profound ...

Registration of health and medical research is an effective way of improving the transparency and credibility of evidence. Registration involves pre-specifying the research objectives, design, methods ...

In addition to reducing patient harms and wasted resources, efforts to reduce low-value care produce significant climate and population health benefits, but these benefits are typically not elucidated ...