Question

What is evidence-based management, and how does it relate to evidence-based medicine and transformational culture?

Answer 1

Evidence-based management can be described as management where organizational practices and managerial decisions are taken in accordance with best available evidences. It helps management in making current and best evidence based decision-making.

It relates to evidence-based medicine and transformational culture in a following way:

• It is related to evidence-based medicine as decisions in medical care needs to be taken based on latest knowledge and evidences to take best care of patients.
• It is important and very helpful in conducting medical research that is sound and clinically relevant.
• The culture of the healthcare organization needs to be designed and deployed based on patient safety and these cultural changes must be uniform throughout the healthcare organization.