What is "Evidence Based Medicine" if not "Medicine Based on Observation" after the impact of this Revolution on our work methodology? The observations, now more commonly called "data", are produced by the millions and at an unexpectedly fast pace. The analysis of this data generates information and knowledge at a fraction of the time that it takes us to incorporate them into our medical practice. To deny that this offers us endless opportunities, whether diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, rehabilitative, etc., is to deny the Evidence. But we cannot overlook the shadows...

1. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA
Observation and knowledge of the LOCAL patient contributes to the creation of GLOBAL
evidence.
Global evidence and knowledge contribute to better diagnosis and treatment of patients
Big Data will be crucial to clinical decision-making and creating evidence and knowledge drawn
from local, global and joint observations
TITLE: Clinical practice: Evidence based medicine By Dr. Eduardo Vigil. Senior Advisor. ehCOS Chief Clinical Officer,
ehCOS Advisory Council Coordinator. Published in: ehCOS eHealth HUB
http://www.ehcos.com/en/clinical-practice-evidence-based-medicine/
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