The IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine convenes leadership from key healthcare sectors to catalyze the collaborative work needed to drive improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of medical care, by transforming how evidence is developed and used in health care.

Evidence-based medicine is defined in the Roundtable’s charter to mean that: to the greatest extent possible, the decisions that shape the health and health care of Americans– by patients, providers, payers and policymakers alike—will be grounded on a reliable evidence base, will account appropriately for individual variation in patient needs, and will support the generation of new insights on clinical effectiveness.

Through meetings, workshops, publications, and collaborative projects, the Roundtable promotes identification and engagement of key issues, barriers, and policy opportunities important to achieving its goal that by 2020, ninety percent of clinical decisions will be supported by accurate timely, and up-to-date clinical information, and will reflect the best available evidence.

We invite you to read and download our 2008 Annual Report.