From knowledge to practice in chronic cardiovascular disease: a long and winding road

Although clinical practices evolve over time, the translation of specific research evidence into clinical practice is unpredictable, inconsistent, and complex. In this paper, we use examples from chronic cardiovascular conditions to: 1) highlight two types of care gaps; 2) describe the most common p...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004-05, Vol.43 (10), p.1738-1742
Main Authors: Majumdar, Sumit R., McAlister, Finlay A., Furberg, Curt D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory care
Best practice
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology
Cardiovascular Diseases - therapy
Chronic Disease
Clinical medicine
Coronary vessels
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Intervention
Medical sciences
Patient Care - methods
Physicians
Primary care
Professional Practice - standards
Quality of Health Care - standards
Utilization review
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Summary:Although clinical practices evolve over time, the translation of specific research evidence into clinical practice is unpredictable, inconsistent, and complex. In this paper, we use examples from chronic cardiovascular conditions to: 1) highlight two types of care gaps; 2) describe the most common potential barriers to the application of evidence into clinical care; and 3) outline which of the strategies for translating evidence into clinical care have been shown to be ineffective, which strategies have been shown to be effective and to describe some untested approaches that hold promise.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.12.043