The BMJ is launching a series called "BMJ Rapid Recommendations," that aims to help physicians use new research findings in care delivery sooner.
Rapid Recommendations is a collaboration between The BMJ and MAGIC, a non-profit research and innovation program. The organizations have put together a team to identify new research that could change the practice of medicine. These studies will be systematically reviewed by researchers to weigh the benefits and harms of performing interventions suggested by the study, as well as the baseline risk of outcomes and patient preference. With this information, recommendations will be crafted, peer reviewed and published by The BMJ with a grade based on how strong the evidence is for the recommendation.
The aim of the project is to reduce the time it takes for government or specialty organizations to craft guidelines from new research.
"We hope to demonstrate that state of the art systematic reviews and trustworthy guidelines can be created and published rapidly; that guideline panels need not have worrisome conflicts of interest; that patient, generalist, and allied health professional panelists improve guideline quality; and that recommendations used in guidelines can facilitate shared conversations and decision-making at an individual level," The BMJ wrote in a post announcing the launch of the project.
The BMJ's first set of Rapid Recommendations focuses on transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement, and can be found here.
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