Comments on: Guidelines and performance measures need testing http://www.medrants.com/archives/4687 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cory http://www.medrants.com/archives/4687/comment-page-1#comment-528704 cory Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:24:37 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4687#comment-528704 RE:difference between "efficacy" and "effectiveness" In clinical medicine, testing the "efficacy" of a drug or a device is what is done in experimental situations, demonstrating that the thing tested works as expected. Testing the "effectiveness" of a drug or device is what is done in actual clinical situations in patients. RE:difference between “efficacy” and “effectiveness”

In clinical medicine, testing the “efficacy” of a drug or a device is what is done in experimental situations, demonstrating that the thing tested works as expected.
Testing the “effectiveness” of a drug or device is what is done in actual clinical situations in patients.

]]> By: Web Media Daily – July 21, 2009 http://www.medrants.com/archives/4687/comment-page-1#comment-528703 Web Media Daily – July 21, 2009 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4687#comment-528703 [...] Guidelines and performance measures need testing…   DB’s Medical Rants [...] [...] Guidelines and performance measures need testing…   DB’s Medical Rants [...]

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