Editorial: Translating Knowledge into Practice: Passing the Hot Potato!

by gest on Jauary 5, 2016 ht://jam ia.oxfournals.org/ D ow nladed from As important informatics interventions, clinical reminders (CRs) translate emerging knowledge into accessible advice at the point-of-care. In a timely fashion, CRs prompt clinicians to take specific actions that can improve or optimize patient care. To ensure that CRs achieve their desired impact, systems must deliver CRs to the clinicians most likely to act on them. Sadly, CRs many times pass from one clinician to another like a hot potato, in the hope that someone, somewhere will have the time, inclination, and ability to take action. Or the hot potato is dropped entirely.