That's how quickly people expect to receive their news in this era of online connectivity and social networking. Example: a photo of the United Airways plane "landing" in the Hudson River was up on Flickr before network news could say "webcam". Physicians have similar expectations. Although they may not be techno-wizzards, they're interested in receiving data on patient outcomes ASAP, before investigators have had time to prepare it for publication, and certainly before the manuscript has made it through the peer review process.
In a commentary in this week's JAMA titled "Registries for Robust Evidence", authors Nancy Dreyer and Sarah Garner called for the establishment of data registries organized around specific conditions, exposures, or products to fill the critical gap between knowledge generation and scholarly journal publication.
In parallel event, PLoS (Public Library of Science) announced today a beta version of a new database devoted to the rapid reporting of research related to influenza, PLoS Currents . According to their news release, it will be a "moderated collection for the rapid and open sharing of useful new scientific data, analyses, and ideas in the field of influenza". It's about time.
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