Evidence-Based Practice
Definition: Applying the best available research results (evidence) when making decisions about health care. Health care professionals who perform evidence-based practice use research evidence along with clinical expertise and patient preferences. Systematic reviews (summaries of health care research results) provide information that aids in the process of evidence-based practice.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
When searching Google, you can limit your search to a US government website by typing in
site:.gov
along with your keywords. An example of a search using this limiter is
site:.gov statistics gum disease
Or any other domain that works for your research, some other examples include:
site:.edu OR site:.org
To include more than one domain limiter use this phrasing where both domains are included in the parentheses and the separator OR is between them, capitalized:
"site:.edu OR site:.gov"