My colleague Dr Stern recently wrote in an editorial of the exceptional number of high-quality protocol and systematic review submissions received by the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports.1 As the Managing Editor of the JBI Database of Best Practice Information Sheets and Technical Reports - this journal's companion in the JBI Library - I feel that I help manage a clearinghouse where high-quality systematic reviews have the potential to become practical evidence-based guidance documents for clinicians.

Each Best Practice information sheet is derived from the results of a single JBI systematic review undertaking published in the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. Each Best Practice information sheet is in essence a review summary intended as a brief, easy to digest, guide to inform health professional's clinical decision-making in conjunction with their unique context, client preferences and clinical judgment. Easy to use algorithms further aid readers to quickly and effectively access information and to support clinical decision making. Best Practice information sheets represent an important component of knowledge translation in the JBI's model of evidence-based health care.

Since taking up this editorial role, a number of exciting changes have taken place in how Best Practice information sheets are developed. Late in 2013, with the launch of the journal, JBI Best Practice information sheets now appear in publication online-only- making it even easier and more efficient for subscribers to access and use these evidence-based resources. Best Practice information sheets are also now developed according to a new process consisting of a series of rigorous quality control checkpoints including a full double-blind peer review process and a period of open public and stakeholder consultation.

As we move into the second half of 2014 a number of other developments are also slated and one of these will be particularly pertinent to authors, reviewers and readers of the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. To further accelerate and maximize efficiency in the process of evidence translation, over the coming months systematic review authors will be invited and supported to lead the development of Best Practice sheets based upon the results of their systematic reviews. This is expected to facilitate a more rapid progression from the implications and recommendations for practice within a systematic review into practical JBI Best Practice Recommendations ready to inform decision making in clinical settings around the world.

I hope you enjoy this issue of the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports and I look forward to seeing a number of the systematic reviews presented in this issue evolve into clinically applicable and globally relevant Best Practice information sheets in the near future. As both journals continue to grow, I hope you will become involved and help accelerate the translation of evidence-based healthcare from research into practice.

Research Fellow, the Joanna Briggs InstituteManaging Editor, JBI Database of Best Practice Information Sheets and Technical Reports

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