Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the idea that occupational practices ought to be based on scientific evidence. The movement towards evidence-based practices attempts to encourage and, in some instances, require professionals and other decision-makers to pay more attention to evidence to inform their decision-making. The goal of evidence-based practice is to eliminate unsound or outdated practices in favor of more-effective ones by shifting the basis for decision making from tradition, intuition, and unsystematic experience to firmly grounded scientific research.

Extends: [Evidence-based practices](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Evidence-based practices), [Health care quality](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Health care quality), [Scientific method](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Scientific method)