RT Journal
A1 Gabel RA
T1 PAtient registries, predictive models, and optimal care
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD December 23
VO 302
IS 24
SP 2662
OP 2662
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1098-a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1098-a
AB 
To the Editor: In their Commentary, Drs Dreyer and Garner1 extolled the virtues of real-time data from patient registries as an important supplement to data derived from clinical trials. They advocated for methodological research to increase understanding of what constitutes quality and a more directed effort to evaluate the strengths and limitations of different types of evidence. However, they did not acknowledge powerful predictive modeling tools that are available to transform real-time data into evidence defining optimal care.