Evidence-based medicine may be a new term to you, but it’s not new at BJC HealthCare hospitals. Evidence-based medicine means using the kind of care that has been shown in scientific studies and through clinical trials to lead to the best outcome for patients.  In clinical practice, medical practitioners have always consulted published results. Excellent physicians do their best to keep up

with the literature in their fields, gleaning vital information from the experience of others. By setting care standards based on the best medical evidence, BJC HealthCare hospitals ensure that each of our patients receive the care that has been shown repeatedly to make a difference. 

Evidence-based medicine standards include things like giving appropriate antibiotics to people in the correct time frame before surgery to prevent infections of the surgical site, using proven heart medications quickly when patients come to the hospital with symptoms of a heart attack, or giving certain medicines to patients with asthma. 

Setting evidence-based medicine standards ensures that the best, current clinical therapy is considered when providing your care. However, these standards are simply a tool for your physician to consult. Your physician will always take your unique circumstances into account when deciding what course of treatment to recommend. 

BJC HealthCare affiliated hospitals are committed to using science and experience to improve the health of our patients. That’s why we use evidence-based medicine standards.

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