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* recording and cataloguing the evidence for systematic retrieval.<ref>Peile, E. (2004) Reflections from medical practice: balancing evidence-based practice with practice based evidence. In, G. Thomas and R. Pring (Eds.) ''Evidence-based Practice in Education''. Open University Press.</ref>

Much of the credit for today’s techniques belongs to [[Archie Cochrane]], an epidemiologist, who is best known for his influential book, ''Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services''.<ref>Cochrane, A. (1972) ''Effectiveness and Efficiency. Random Reflections on Health Services''. London, Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust.</ref> Cochrane suggested that because resources would always be limited, they should be used to provide forms of health care which had been shown in properly designed evaluations to be effective.<ref> Cochrane Collaboration (2003) http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/archieco.htm</ref> Cochrane maintained that the most reliable evidence was that which came from randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

EBP promotes the collection, interpretation, and integration of valid, important and applicable patient-reported, clinician-observed, and research-derived evidence. The best available evidence, moderated by patient circumstances and preferences, is applied to improve the quality of clinical judgments and facilitate cost-effective care.