GUEST EDITORIAL Partnership in Action: An Innovative Knowledge Translation Approach to Improve Outcomes for Persons

The creation of new knowledge through health research often fails to translate into appropriate changes in health care practice.1 In fact, it may take 10 to 20 years for information gained through research to be impleme-nted in routine clinical practice.1 The difference between the best (evidence-based) care and traditional care was referred to by Graham and colleagues as the ‘‘knowledge to action (KTA)’ ’ gap.2 This gap accounts for a significant number of patients who do not receive the best possible care or, in some cases, receive care that is potentially harmful.2 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) seek to close the KTA gap by accelerating the translation of new research knowledge into improved health care practices and outcomes—a process known as knowledge translation (KT).