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A health-care project starts with the handoff

Unity Health and U of T researchers are testing how data, teams and bedside practice might move together.

Researchers and health-care partners work across the gap between evidence and practice.
HealthResearchers and health-care partners work across the gap between evidence and practice.Photo: University of Toronto / official source image

The project led by Unity Health and U of T researchers begins with a practical question: how can evidence move from a research setting into the ordinary decisions made by health-care teams?

Its ambition is not a single gadget or dramatic fix. It is a better handoff between people, data and institutions—exactly the kind of invisible infrastructure that determines whether a promising idea survives contact with a busy system.

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  1. Original reporting · utoronto.ca
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