Delivering clinical evidence where it's needed: building an information system worthy of the profession.

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Title:

Delivering clinical evidence where it's needed: building an information system worthy of the profession.

Authors:

Davidoff F, Miglus J

Journal:

JAMA

Publication date:

2011

Volume:

305

Issue:

18

First page:

1906

Last page:

7

ISSN:

1538-3598

Link to pubmed:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21558524

Publication type:

Journal

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The output of published clinical evidence, once a gentle trickle, has increased into a torrent. ¹ How ironic it is that the volume, richness, and complexity of the clinical literature (undeniably its greatest assets) have now reached the point where they are making it all but unmanageable. ¹ But that literature is more important than ever, because questions continue to be raised at a rapid rate in clinical practice—about 5 questions per physician per half-day primary care session, about half of which go unanswered. ² Streamlining input to the literature, ¹ although in some ways an attractive option, carries its own risks and would not address serious problems on the output side, particularly the limited amount of time available to clinicians for consulting the literature. Those problems will remain unresolved unless and until there is a remedy for the gross inadequacy of current mechanisms for finding, extracting, and delivering the …

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Delivering clinical evidence where it's needed: building an information system worthy of the profession. Davidoff F, Miglus J. JAMA 2011; 305(18):1906-7.