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Veterinary informatics--why are we dragging our feet?

V eterinary medicine is facing a growing information problem. The application of new knowledge to veterinary practice is becoming more inconsistent and increasingly delayed. The problem is arising from several interrelated factors; most evident among these is the rapid growth in both the amount and the sources of new veterinary information. Unless the problem is addressed, it will increasingly affect the quality of veterinary practice. Dealing with this problem requires the profession to invest substantially in the new discipline of veterinary informatics. Over a century ago, the purely empirical approach to veterinary practice began to be replaced by the scientific approach based on the results of experimental medicine. Applying "the scientific method" to veterinary problems over the past 100 years has resulted in great advances to our understanding of health and disease and to the effectiveness of medical therapy. These great benefits, however, are increasingly being marred by a growing problem. Although good new medical information is growing in amount continuously, it is available only inconsistently to the users, because there are shortcomings in the way that it is organized and communicated, which are interfering with its quick and ready application to medical problems.