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. 2018 Dec;33(12):2237-2239.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4633-1. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

Mind the Gap: Putting Evidence into Practice in the Era of Learning Health Systems

Jeanne-Marie Guise  1   2 , Lucy A Savitz  3 , Charles P Friedman  4
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Mind the Gap: Putting Evidence into Practice in the Era of Learning Health Systems

Jeanne-Marie Guise et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Due to the increasing amount of available published evidence and the continual need to apply and update evidence in practice, we propose a shift in the way evidence generated by learning health systems can be integrated into more traditional evidence reviews. This paper discusses two main mechanisms to close the evidence-to-practice gap: (1) integrating Learning Health System (LHS) results with existing systematic review evidence and (2) providing this combined evidence in a standardized, computable data format. We believe these efforts will better inform practice, thereby improving individual and population health.

Keywords: evidence-based medicine; health care delivery; health information technology; implementation research; systematic reviews.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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Expanding the cycle of learning through integration of internal and external data and evidence.
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Comment in

  • Putting FAIR Evidence into Practice.
    Leung TI, Dumontier M. Leung TI, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Aug;34(8):1369. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05021-7. J Gen Intern Med. 2019. PMID: 31062227 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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