title: Evidence-based health care and the Cochrane Collaboration.
abstract: Evidence-based health care (EBHC) is a growing movement to integrate healthcare research with healthcare practice. A key element to EBHC is convenient access to relevant high-quality evidence. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international consortium of persons dedicated to producing and maintaining systematic reviews of healthcare practice and is an invaluable resource to the EBHC movement. This article will describe EBHC briefly and will highlight how the Cochrane Collaboration supports the EBHC perspective to create an efficient and effective healthcare system.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Cochrane Centre, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brouwers
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Jadad
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Padunsky
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D007990:Libraries; D009864:Ontario; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom