Some of the principles behind Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) are evident throughout modern medicine, but the term EBM is relatively new. The term EBM became more widely used in the early 1990s, and was later formally defined by Sackett et al. in 1996. [1] Claridge and Fabian have authored a history and timeline of EBM emphasizing the role technology has played in its development and growth. [2]

A common principle across all forms of EBP is using the best evidence available to make a decision about your patient or population. EBP, for example, not only encompasses the use of research findings, but also other dimensions of clinical decision making, such as clinical expertise, patient values, and available resources.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach to health care wherein health professionals use the best evidence possible, i.e. the most appropriate information available, to make clinical decisions for individual patients....It involves complex and conscientious decision-making based not only on the available evidence but also on patient characteristics, situations, and preferences. It recognized that health care is individualized and ever changing and involves uncertainties and probabilities. [3]

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice is an approach to decision making in which the clinician uses the best evidence available, in consultation with the patient, to decide upon the option which suits that patient best. [4]

Evidence-Based Health Care "takes place when decisions that affect the care of patients are taken with due weight accorded to all valid, relevant information." [5]

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