The McMaster Health Information Research Unit: Over a Quarter-Century of Health Informatics Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine

• Main Authors: Cynthia Lokker (Author), K Ann McKibbon (Author), Muhammad Afzal (Author), Tamara Navarro (Author), Lori-Ann Linkins (Author), R Brian Haynes (Author), Alfonso Iorio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) emerged from McMaster University in the 1980-1990s, which emphasizes the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. The Health Information Research Unit (HiRU) was created at McMaster University in 1985 to support EBM. Early on...