In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Post by Bryan G. Cook, University of Hawaii at Manoa A few internet searches (conducted on May 23, 2015) hint at the ubiquity of evidence-based reforms in contemporary education: Searches of “evidence ...

Evidence-based practice is held as the gold standard in patient care, yet research suggests it takes hospitals and clinics about 17 years to adopt a practice or treatment after the first systematic ...

There’s plenty of area of legitimate debate in clinical psychology and allied fields, such as psychiatry, social work, and counseling, but at least one proposition should not be particularly ...

Evidence-based guidelines are needed to determine appropriate follow-up intervals for chronic medical conditions to maximize the quality of patient care and minimize unnecessary costs. Although there ...

For most health systems or medical groups, adopting a program that has already been developed, tested, and adapted for various settings will be the most efficient and lowest-risk way to improve ...

Based on: Non-random Reflections on Health Services Research: On the 25th Anniversary of Archie Cochrane's Effectiveness and Efficiency edited by Maynard Alan and Chalmers Iain ( London: BMJ ...