Commentary on : de Jong MJ, van der Meulen-de Jong AE, Romberg-Camps MJ, et al . Telemedicine for management of inflammatory bowel disease (myIBDcoach): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled ...

Publishes original research, insights and opinions on evidence-based research. Focuses on the tools, methods, and concepts that are central to practising evidence-based medicine.

There is a recognised knowledge deficit about the absolute size of benefits and harms of treatments among clinicians1 2 restricting the possibility of good quality shared decision-making3 4 and ...

From promise to practice: challenges and pitfalls in the evaluation of large language models for data extraction in evidence synthesis ...

Objectives To compare the effectiveness of different exercise interventions in improving sleep quality and alleviating insomnia severity among patients with insomnia. Design Our study design was a ...

Health literacy demands placed on patients and consumers are amplified in low-value care contexts and must be addressed as a system and organisational priority, argue Danielle Muscat and colleagues . ...

Conflicts of interest (COIs) in healthcare are increasingly discussed in the literature, yet these relationships continue to influence healthcare. Research has consistently shown that financial COIs ...

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 ...

Background Musculoskeletal knee pain is a large and costly problem, and meniscal tears make up a large proportion of diagnoses. ‘Special tests’ to diagnose torn menisci are often used in the physical ...

Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a reduction in late-stage oral cancer and mortality. Design An observational ...

In 20 years of researching and teaching health risk communication methods, the most common question we get is: how should I communicate this [adverse event risk, survival probability, etc.] so that ...

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 ...