Human clinical trials are the only way of evaluating whether new diagnostics, drugs, experimental medical devices, and surgical techniques actually work, and therefore well-functioning trials are absolutely critical to medical progress. Recruiting volunteers to participate remains one of the costliest aspects of the drug development process. Reducing the length of a clinical trial by just one month by improving patient recruitment could not only save lives, but also generate additional revenue to reinvest in the research and discovery of new therapies. Staying on the path we are on is simply not an option if we want to accelerate the search for cures to deadly and debilitating diseases. "Clinical Trials Recruitment and Retention: Best Practices and Promising Approaches" published by FasterCures, www.fastercures.org