Extending evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been used to optimize decision-making for more than two decades, and has caused considerable controversy.

BMC Medicine provides a new series of open access articles to discuss current debates in the field of EBM, and to consider ways forward. The ‘orthodox’ and ‘dissenting’ views highlighted the potential biases that can hinder the progress of EBM, and suggest how to counteract these.