Editorial: Power of practice: using clinical data to advance veterinary medicine

• Autores: E.M. Lund
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 46-47
• Idioma: inglés
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  • WHAT if a system existed for generating pet health insights that could transform how veterinarians deliver care, how academics prioritise research and how students are trained? What if this system generated data every day of the year across all nations in the developed world? The basics of this system already exist, in the form of first-opinion (primary care) veterinary practice. With the increasing adoption of electronic pet health records, there is great potential for opportunities to use the clinical experience of pets in first-opinion practice to increase the quality of veterinary healthcare, research and professional education....