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Fig. 1 | Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease

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From: Acute kidney injury: preclinical innovations, challenges, and opportunities for translation

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Bridging the "Death Valleys" of the Canadian healthcare landscape. Depiction of the barriers to putting research into practice in the Canadian healthcare landscape. In order to ensure that the system is sustainable and to enhance health outcomes, it is critical to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Valley 1 depicts the limited ability to translate information from basic biomedical research to clinical science and knowledge. Valley 2 depicts the inadequacy of the current healthcare system in synthesizing, disseminating and integrating research results into clinical practice and healthcare decision-making. To bridge the "Death Valleys" of the healthcare landscape, collective engagement in the strategy from all levels of government and the research community is necessary

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