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Discussion of evidence-based medicine as it applies particularly to laboratory medicine.

Presents a ten-step process, and a set of criteria, for the development of evidence-based laboratory guidelines.

Categorized evidence-based resource collection, with several specific to laboratory science, from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC).

Comprehensive side presentation on developing and applying systematic evidence review and evaluation methods for quality improvement in laboratory medicine. From the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2011.

Downloadable presentation (PDF) on how to use evidence-based methodology to improve decision making in laboratory medicine. Developed through the CDC's Laboratory Medicine Best Practices (LMBP) Initiative. 2010.

Critical review of techniques and challenges of applying evidence-based methodology to laboratory medicine. From The Clinical Biochemist Reviews, 2012.

A special edition of the Clinical Biochemist Reviews providing an overview of the potentials and limitations of evidence-based practice in laboratory medicine. [2013]

A review of the techniques of systematic biomarker assessments for anticancer drugs and their development, including pharmacodynamic, response, predictive and safety markers. [2013]

Argues that the paradigm of evidence-based medicine should be complemented by the paradigm of shared decision making to decide the advantages and risks of a diagnostic test. [2014]

Compares and evaluates five distinct grading systems (EGAPP, USPSTF, NICE, GRADE, and NHMRC) for medical tests on how they use evidence in guideline development. [2013]