Evidence-Based Medicine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence-based medical practices can be fostered through a five-step process that begins with asking the right questions, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

For eye care providers who practice evidence-based medicine, one guiding principle is the reliability of a treatment’s effectiveness, which goes far beyond intuition, experience and training and instead depends on sound, valid science.

M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH, spoke with Healio about treatment and management options in psoriatic arthritis, including lifestyle changes. “We now have really embraced the concept of wellness strategies,” said Husni, vice chair of rheumatology and director of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center and staff physician in the Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, and assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

More than half of ED visits between 2012 and 2019 among adults with cancer potentially could have been prevented, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee affects more than 14 million people in the United States, with more than half younger than 65 years. Orthopedic surgeons sit at the crossroads of nonoperative vs. operative treatment.

HF is a growing economic burden in the U.S., with 1 million new cases projected to surface in 2021; however, there is a paucity of guidance on HF prevention, a speaker reported.

To avoid perpetuating misinformation regarding rheumatic diseases, rheumatologists should ensure they are aware of the available evidence – or lack thereof – for some of the popular myths patient hold about their disease, noted a speaker at the EULAR 2021 Congress.

Patients who met evidence-based medicine guidelines for elective lumbar fusion had a greater than three times improvement in outcomes compared with patients who did not meet evidence-based medicine guideline criteria, according to results.

The accompanying OSN cover story, which interviews retina specialists around the world, confirms that evidence-based medicine and personalized medical care are priorities for ophthalmologists globally.

The American Psychiatric Association has released a new evidence-based practice guideline for treating patients with schizophrenia, according to an organization press release.