"In shape contrast, the practice of medicine before the EBM (evidenced based medicine) movement was shackled with an extremely slow and inefficient mechanism for dissemination medical results. The Institute of Medicine estimates that it took “an average of 17 years for new knowledg…
"In shape contrast, the practice of medicine before the EBM (evidenced based medicine) movement was shackled with an extremely slow and inefficient mechanism for dissemination medical results. The Institute of Medicine estimates that it took “an average of 17 years for new knowledge generated by randomized controlled trials to be incorporated into practice, and even then the application [was] highly uneven.” Progress in medical science occurred one funeral at a time. If doctors didn’t learn about something in medical school or in their residency, there was a good chance they never would."
Super Crunchers, Ian Ayers, Bantum Books, New Your, 2007
The Latency of Outdated Science — another example
17 Years
"In shape contrast, the practice of medicine before the EBM (evidenced based medicine) movement was shackled with an extremely slow and inefficient mechanism for dissemination medical results. The Institute of Medicine estimates that it took “an average of 17 years for new knowledge generated by randomized controlled trials to be incorporated into practice, and even then the application [was] highly uneven.” Progress in medical science occurred one funeral at a time. If doctors didn’t learn about something in medical school or in their residency, there was a good chance they never would."
Super Crunchers, Ian Ayers, Bantum Books, New Your, 2007