The elderly are not so old anymore.

ne of the greatest challenges in clinical medical practice is ltering it as new information becomes available. The onstant drive to understand and then apply new material is n overwhelming task, especially in cardiovascular diseases, nd far beyond the capacity of any single individual today. he amount of data (“data” in all its varieties and forms) hat must be evaluated, reviewed, interpreted, adjusted, einterpreted, and then carried forward into planned hanged behavior require the talents of many individuals all orking together (1). This difficulty is in fact just the ationale for forming clinical practice guidelines groups, an