Evidence-Based, Eminence-Based, Hypothesis-Based, or Wrong Information –Based Practice?

Healthcare givers —including those in hand surgery—are commonly considered to deliver their clinical treatment to patients based on evidence, eminence, or a combination of both, in order to obtain the best possible diagnoses and treatments. Therefore, correct clinical practice is often described as evidence- or e minence-based practice. I consider that two other categories of clinical practice exist but have not drawn sufficient attention. They are hypothesis-based practice and wrong information–based practice.

Source: Hand Clinics - August 1, 2022 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Jin Bo Tang Tags: Editorial Source Type: research