Problems with evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine is a modern paradigm by which to practice clinical medicine. It is rapidly gaining acceptance among academicians and clinician s as the optimal way to care for patients. Modern technology has facilitate d easy access to information, improving the ability to put evidence-based m edicine into practice. Data demonstrating its value are accumulating; howev er, like any innovation, evidence-based medicine has come under attack for a variety of shortcomings. These problems are both secondary to misapplicat ion of basic principles inherent to the concept.