Healthcare Quality
Evidence-informed health: post COVID-19 lessons
During COVID-19 pandemic, evidence became a daily discussion matter not only for healthcare professionals but also for the general society. How could healthcare agencies take this opportunity to shift from EBM to evidence informed decision-making (EIDM) in health?
Válter Fonseca
December 20, 2022 · 12 min read
“The ability to adapt and to self manage, in the face of social, physical and emotional challenges” 13
“Medical advances based on rigorous evidence have helped to chart a route out of the pandemic. The rapid trials of vaccines were spectacular successes, and well-run trials of possible treatments have shown, for instance, that some steroids help to fight COVID-19, but the drug hydroxychloroquine does not. Many physicians point to the United Kingdom’s RECOVERY trial as archetypal in showing how quick action and simple protocols make it possible to conduct a large clinical trial in a crisis. And researchers have launched ‘living’ systematic reviews that are constantly updated as research emerges — essential in a fast-moving disease outbreak.” 16
M.D., Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, 2010. Ph.D., Medicine/Immunology, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, 2018. PGDip., Health Management, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, 2019. Internal Medicine Specialist. Assistant Professor, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine. Director, Health Quality Department, Directorate-General of Health, 2018-2022. Chair, COVID-19 National Immunization Technical Advisory Group, 2020-2022. Author of more than 100 communications, articles, and book chapters.
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