title: Curbing the cardiovascular disease epidemic: aligning industry, government, payers, and academics.
abstract: Despite decades of progress in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease, its prevalence continues to grow in both developed and developing countries. We have constructed a model, the "cycle of quality," which connects the innovation of initial scientific discovery with validated methods of translating research into effective delivery. This model can serve as a basis for evaluating proposed efforts to improve interactions among private and public aspects of health care to accelerate development and appropriate adoption of new treatments, and to achieve greater penetration of effective behavioral therapies and established technologies, resulting in major improvements in cardiovascular health.
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA. calif001@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Califf
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: Leanne K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Madre
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Schulman
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States