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

Table 6 Implementing facilitating pull efforts

Support to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making		Number of interview participants (n)⁴
	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)
Implement a technical infrastructure to support research and to ensure no restrictions are placed on staff's access to online resources that may contain relevant research evidence¹	46	8	29	9	25	21	26	7	13
Provide easy access to journals and scientific literature either through bulk purchasing of subscriptions or promoting open-access resources²	42	7	23	12	22	20	23	8	11
Provide an Intranet site or clear links to websites that provide one-stop shopping for relevant research evidence	36	4	21	11	22	14	21	7	8
Implement accessible and efficient systems to support the use of research in decision-making³	27	5	15	7	15	12	18	3	6
Provide or participate in presentations/ online/ or face-to-face briefings about specific reviews or review-derived products	18	4	11	3	16	2	12	2	4

¹A sub-element was noted here that participants had access through the university’s library resources (n = 11).
²Sub-elements that were noted here were: electronic based resources (n = 28), access through a network (n = 25), and databases (n = 22).
³A sub-element mentioned here was utilizing decision support tools such as templates for policy or procedure development (n = 12).
⁴Table 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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