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Glossary - Medical and Educational
This personal glossary is to support medical and educational
presentations. See Glossaries and Links
for computer and internet glossaries.
- Boolean Logic
- In the context of medical computing discussions, this
refers to a way of creating "queries" for
computers using search terms and the joining words - AND,
OR, NOT.
- Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
- "Evidence-based medicine involves integrating
current best evidence with clinical expertise,
pathophysiological knowledge, and patient preferences in
making decisions about the care of individual
patients." (Sacket et al.
Evidence based medicine ... BMJ 1996 7023 312:71-72)
Author: John G. Faughnan.
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