What supports do health system organizations have in place to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making? a qualitative study

Table 5 Implementing push efforts

Support to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making		Number of interview participants (n)³
	Total (n = 57)	Organization			Province		Occupation
	Total (n = 57)	PCP (n = 9)	Hospital (n = 32)	RHA (n = 16)	Ontario (n = 29)	Quebec (n = 28)	Senior management (n = 33)	Knowledge broker (n = 11)	Library manager (n = 13)
Use a knowledge intelligence service that scans the literature and distributes research evidence throughout the organization¹	36	6	23	7	15	21	19	6	11
Publish and disseminate local research results²	24	5	12	7	6	18	14	4	6
Ensure there are individuals responsible for identifying teaching moments to provide research evidence	17	0	14	3	12	5	11	2	4
Institute communications and marketing efforts related to research evidence	16	1	14	1	6	10	6	2	8

¹Three sub-elements that were mentioned were: information monitoring services (n = 22), using a knowledge brokering service (n = 14), and electronic mailing lists to disseminate local research results (n = 13).
²Two sub-elements that were mentioned were: Providing research presentations both within and outside the organization (n = 15), and Implementing services to ensure the dissemination of research (n = 12).
³Table legend. Percentage of total number of participants (font style used): 100% of participants (bold); 67% to 99% of participants (bold and italic); 33% to 66% of participants (regular i.e. not bold and not italic); 1% to 32% of participants (italic); 0% of participants (regular and underlined).

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