In a word yes. There are so many applications of this in evidence based medicine (I consult on this regularly), environmental studies are two examples.
One study I gave to the EPA for instance looked at ways to increase recycling. I developed a formula that been shown to increase recycling behavior by over 50%. You ought to see the results over the next couple of years. But you're not going to notice because it uses social marketing methods, I found that these were the most effective means of encouraging people to recycle, both in terms of frequency and in the amount recycled. Other examples include recent withdrawals of heart medications from the market. The meta-analyses done on the studies involved showed that generics were as effective and had fewer side effects. It may have resulted in the saving of several thousand lives. Does your doctor suggest you start taking aspirin regularly? Again that's the result of a meta-analysis that was done in the 90''s. I've done a series of meta-analysis looking at non drug methods of pain control, identifying those that work the best and what factors that may influence the therapeutic effectiveness. That have very large implications for the treatment of both chronic pain and short term pain. such as post op pain. Brain imaging research is another area, isolating the different neuro pathways for attentional processing for instance, or looking at the effects of temporal lobe strokes and rehabilitation. How about teaching methods - there have been a couple out recent that are in the process of turning teaching on its head, or the effectiveness of training methods - the military is applying those results of a meta-analysis for recruit training. One study I conducted looked at the effectiveness of different psychotherapies. That has enormous implications for medical insurance. Insurance companies are more likely to pay for those therapies that are found to be effective rather than those where you go to some bearded Fraudian for years moaning about your childhood. Just do a google search and you'll see what I am referring to. Its a very powerful tool that directly addresses the stuff Sam was whining about. BTW this is just a few of the things this tool is being used for. The thing I like about it is the ability of this methodology for cutting through the bullshit. On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Larry wrote: >> I'll give you an explanation, each study is a snapshot of the actual blah >> blah blah > > Is any of this shit actually useful Lar? I mean you gotta admit it > sounds pretty snoozer. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
