17 years: The average number of years
it takes for medical research to go from research to practice.
Source: Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri:
Managing Clinical Knowledge for Health Care Improvement
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This is new information to me
This is new information to me and it is appalling. How many patients could benefit if physicians kept up-to-date on the latest medical protocols?...
By Brad E : June 10, 5:08am
By practice do you mean
By practice do you mean adopted by GP's or just used outof a research context?
By George P : July 9, 1:24pm
This is a misleading
This is a misleading "statistic." Truly game-changing ( and unquestionable) research gets adopted much more quickly. You're averaging the shaky with...
By Irate in MI : July 22, 3:59pm
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Submitted by Irate in MI : July 22, 7:59pm
This is a misleading "statistic." Truly game-changing ( and unquestionable) research gets adopted much more quickly. You're averaging the shaky with the solid.
Submitted by George P : July 9, 5:24pm
By practice do you mean adopted by GP's or just used outof a research context?
Submitted by Brad E : June 10, 9:08am
This is new information to me and it is appalling. How many patients could benefit if physicians kept up-to-date on the latest medical protocols? Hopefully the time lag between proven research findings, peer approval and delivering patient care can be reduced significantly.