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Toward an accelerated adoption of data-driven findings in medicine

Research, skepticism, and the need to speed up public visibility of data-driven findings

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To accelerate the adoption of a new method with a high potential to replace or extend an existing, presumably less accurate, medical scoring system, evaluation should begin days after the new concept is presented publicly, not years or even decades later. Metaphorically speaking, as chameleons capable of quickly changing colors to help their bodies adjust to changes in temperature or light, health-care decision makers should be capable of more quickly evaluating new data-driven insights and tools and should integrate the highest performing ones into national and international care systems. Doing so is essential, because it will truly save the lives of many individuals.

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The author received honoraria and travel funding from The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (October 2017).

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Kartoun, U. Toward an accelerated adoption of data-driven findings in medicine. Med Health Care and Philos 22, 153–157 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-018-9845-y

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