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  1. Breast cancer clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer evidence-based recommendations to improve quality of healthcare for patients. Suboptimal compliance with breast cancer guideline recommendations remains ...

    Authors: Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Darla Carvallo-Castañeda, Adrián Vásquez-Mejía, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Elena Parmelli, Gian Paolo Morgano, David Rigau, Ivan Solà, Luciana Neamtiu and Ena Niño-de-Guzmán
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:17
  2. Direct oral anticoagulant medications are commonly used to treat or prevent thrombotic conditions, such as pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and atrial fibrillation. However, up to 10–15% of patients r...

    Authors: Shawna N. Smith, Michael Lanham, F. Jacob Seagull, Michael Dorsch, Josh Errickson and Geoffrey D. Barnes
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:16
  3. Healthcare systems invest in leadership development of surgeons, surgical trainees, and teams. However, there is no agreement on how interventions should be designed, or what components they must contain to be...

    Authors: Julia Gauly, Rachel Court, Graeme Currie, Kate Seers, Aileen Clarke, Andy Metcalfe, Anna Wilson, Matthew Hazell and Amy Louise Grove
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:15
  4. As people living with HIV (PLWH) experience earlier and more pronounced onset of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), advancing integrated care networks and models in low-resource-high-need settings is critical. L...

    Authors: Angela A. Aifah, Erinn M. Hade, Calvin Colvin, Daniel Henry, Shivani Mishra, Ashlin Rakhra, Deborah Onakomaiya, Anyiekere Ekanem, Gabriel Shedul, Geetha P. Bansal, Daphne Lew, Nafesa Kanneh, Samuel Osagie, Ememobong Udoh, Esther Okon, Juliet Iwelunmor…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:14
  5. While audit & feedback (A&F) is an effective implementation intervention, the design elements which maximize effectiveness are unclear. Partnering with a healthcare quality advisory organization already delive...

    Authors: Nicola McCleary, Laura Desveaux, Justin Presseau, Catherine Reis, Holly O. Witteman, Monica Taljaard, Stefanie Linklater, Kednapa Thavorn, Gail Dobell, Cara L. Mulhall, Jonathan M. C. Lam, Jeremy M. Grimshaw and Noah M. Ivers
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:13
  6. While prior work has revealed conditions that foster policymakers’ use of research evidence, few studies have rigorously investigated the effectiveness of theory-based practices. Specifically, policymakers are...

    Authors: J. Taylor Scott, K. Megan Collier, Jessica Pugel, Patrick O’Neill, Elizabeth C. Long, Mary A. Fernandes, Katherine Cruz, Brittany Gay, Cagla Giray and D. Max Crowley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:12
  7. Electronic prospective surveillance models (ePSMs) for cancer rehabilitation include routine monitoring of the development of treatment toxicities and impairments via electronic patient-reported outcomes. Impl...

    Authors: Christian J. Lopez, Kylie Teggart, Mohammed Ahmed, Anita Borhani, Jeffrey Kong, Rouhi Fazelzad, David M. Langelier, Kristin L. Campbell, Tony Reiman, Jonathan Greenland, Jennifer M. Jones and Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:11
  8. Social networks transmit knowledge, influence, and resources. These relationships among patients, professionals, and organizations can shape how innovations are disseminated, adopted, implemented, and sustaine...

    Authors: Alicia C. Bunger, Reza Yousefi-Nooraie, Keith Warren, Qiuchang Cao, Porooshat Dadgostar and Tatiana E. Bustos
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:10
  9. The increased complexity of residents and increased needs for care in long-term care (LTC) have not been met with increased staffing. There remains a need to improve the quality of care for residents. Care aid...

    Authors: Adrian Wagg, Matthias Hoben, Liane Ginsburg, Malcolm Doupe, Whitney Berta, Yuting Song, Peter Norton, Jennifer Knopp-Sihota and Carole Estabrooks
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:9
  10. Individuals who use a language other than English for medical care are at risk for disparities related to healthcare safety, patient-centered care, and quality. Professional interpreter use decreases these dis...

    Authors: K. Casey Lion, Chuan Zhou, Paul Fishman, Kirsten Senturia, Allison Cole, Kenneth Sherr, Douglas J. Opel, James Stout, Carmen E. Hazim, Louise Warren, Bonnie H. Rains and Cara C. Lewis
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:8
  11. The importance of accurately costing implementation strategies is increasingly recognised within the field of implementation science. However, there is a lack of methodological guidance for costing implementat...

    Authors: Thomasina Donovan, Bridget Abell, Manasha Fernando, Steven M. McPhail and Hannah E. Carter
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:7
  12. Safe and effective treatment exists for childhood obesity, but treatment recommendations have largely not been translated into practice, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and low-wealth populatio...

    Authors: Cody D. Neshteruk, Asheley C. Skinner, Julie Counts, Emily M. D’Agostino, Leah Frerichs, Janna Howard, Mary Story and Sarah C. Armstrong
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:6
  13. Opioid pain relievers are commonly prescribed following dental extractions, but evidence shows that non-opioid analgesics often provide adequate pain relief with fewer risks. The current study examined clinica...

    Authors: Jan Gryczynski, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Stephen E. Asche, Anjali R. Truitt, Donald C. Worley and D. Brad Rindal
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:5
  14. One-third of the community-dwelling older persons fall annually. Guidelines recommend the use of multifactorial falls prevention interventions. However, these interventions are difficult to implement into the ...

    Authors: Sara Vandervelde, Ellen Vlaeyen, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Johan Flamaing, Sien Valy, Julie Meurrens, Joris Poels, Margot Himpe, Goedele Belaen and Koen Milisen
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:4
  15. Experts recommend that treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) be integrated into primary care. The Digital Therapeutics for Opioids and Other SUD (DIGITS) Trial tests strategies for implementing reSET® and...

    Authors: Joseph E. Glass, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Tara Beatty, Jennifer F. Bobb, Edwin S. Wong, Lorella Palazzo, Deborah King, Jessica Mogk, Kelsey Stefanik-Guizlo, Abisola Idu, Dustin Key, John C. Fortney, Rosemarie Thomas, Angela Garza McWethy, Ryan M. Caldeiro and Katharine A. Bradley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:3
  16. Facilitated implementation of nurse-initiated protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia (sugar) and swallowing difficulties (FeSS Protocols) in 19 Australian stroke units resulted in reduced death and dependen...

    Authors: O. Fasugba, S. Dale, E. McInnes, D. A. Cadilhac, M. Noetel, K. Coughlan, B. McElduff, J. Kim, T. Langley, N. W. Cheung, K. Hill, V. Pollnow, K. Page, E. Sanjuan Menendez, E. Neal, S. Griffith…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:2
  17. Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of global maternal deaths, accounting for 30–50% of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Most PPH-related deaths are preventable with timely detection and in...

    Authors: Gillian Forbes, Shahinoor Akter, Suellen Miller, Hadiza Galadanci, Zahida Qureshi, Sue Fawcus, G. Justus Hofmeyr, Neil Moran, Mandisa Singata-Madliki, Faisal Dankishiya, George Gwako, Alfred Osoti, Eleanor Thomas, Ioannis Gallos, Kristie-Marie Mammoliti, Adam Devall…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:1
  18. The journals Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications are focused on the implementation of evidence into healthcare practice and policy. This editorial offers reflections on how we handle ...

    Authors: Michel Wensing, Anne Sales, Gregory A. Aarons, Dong (Roman) Xu and Paul Wilson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:83
  19. Evidence-based practices (EBPs) for patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation vary in the quality of their underlying evidence and ease of implementation.

    Authors: Jennifer N. Ervin, Millie R. Dibble, Victor C. Rentes, Michael W. Sjoding, Michelle N. Gong, Catherine L. Hough, Theodore J. Iwashyna and Anne E. Sales
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:82
  20. Sustainability is concerned with the long-term delivery and subsequent benefits of evidence-based interventions. To further this field, we require a strong understanding and thus measurement of sustainability ...

    Authors: Alix Hall, Adam Shoesmith, Emma Doherty, Brydie McEvoy, Kayne Mettert, Cara C. Lewis, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Melanie Kingsland, Rachel C. Shelton, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Noor Imad, Rachel Sutherland and Nicole Nathan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:81
  21. Implementation science aims to accelerate the public health impact of evidence-based interventions. However, implementation science has had too little focus on the role of health policy — and its inseparable p...

    Authors: Erika L. Crable, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Nicole A. Stadnick, Joanna C. Moullin and Gregory A. Aarons
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:80
  22. Smoking during pregnancy is the most important preventable cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes, yet smoking cessation support (SCS) is inconsistently provided. The MOMHQUIT intervention was developed to addres...

    Authors: Larisa Ariadne Justine Barnes, Jo Longman, Catherine Adams, Christine Paul, Lou Atkins, Billie Bonevski, Aaron Cashmore, Laura Twyman, Ross Bailie, Alison Pearce, Daniel Barker, Andrew J. Milat, Julie Dorling, Michael Nicholl and Megan Passey
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:79
  23. The number of research publications reporting the use of the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework and the integrated PARIHS (i-PARIHS) framework has grown steadily....

    Authors: Yinfei Duan, Alba Iaconi, Jing Wang, Janelle Santos Perez, Yuting Song, Stephanie A. Chamberlain, Shovana Shrestha, Katharina Choroschun, Matthias Hoben, Anna Beeber, Ruth A. Anderson, Greta G. Cummings, Holly J. Lanham, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks and Whitney Berta
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:78
  24. Opioids can be effective analgesics, but long-term use may be associated with harms. In 2013, the first national, comprehensive, evidence-based pain management guideline was published, from the Scottish Interc...

    Authors: Harry L. Hébert, Daniel R. Morales, Nicola Torrance, Blair H. Smith and Lesley A. Colvin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:77
  25. Historically, the focus of cost-effectiveness analyses has been on the costs to operate and deliver interventions after their initial design and launch. The costs related to design and implementation of interv...

    Authors: Akash Malhotra, Ryan R. Thompson, Faith Kagoya, Felix Masiye, Peter Mbewe, Mosepele Mosepele, Jane Phiri, Jairos Sambo, Abigail Barker, Drew B. Cameron, Victor G. Davila-Roman, William Effah, Brian Hutchinson, Michael Laxy, Brad Newsome, David Watkins…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:76
  26. Many implementation efforts fail, even with highly developed plans for execution, because contextual factors can be powerful forces working against implementation in the real world. The Consolidated Framework ...

    Authors: Laura J. Damschroder, Caitlin M. Reardon, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist and Julie Lowery
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:75
  27. Clinical guideline development often involves a rigorous synthesis of evidence involving multidisciplinary stakeholders with different priorities and knowledge of evidence synthesis; this makes communicating f...

    Authors: Melissa K. Sharp, Dayang Anis Binti Awang Baki, Joan Quigley, Barrie Tyner, Declan Devane, Kamal R. Mahtani, Susan M. Smith, Michelle O’Neill, Máirín Ryan and Barbara Clyne
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:74
  28. The use of low-value care (LVC) is a persistent problem that calls for knowledge about strategies for de-implementation. However, studies are dispersed across many clinical fields, and there is no overview of ...

    Authors: Sara Ingvarsson, Henna Hasson, Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Per Nilsen, Byron J. Powell, Clara Lindberg and Hanna Augustsson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:73
  29. Methods of sustaining the deimplementation of overused medical practices (i.e., practices not supported by evidence) are understudied. In pediatric hospital medicine, continuous pulse oximetry monitoring of ch...

    Authors: Christopher P. Bonafide, Rui Xiao, Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, Amy R. Pettit, Patrick W. Brady, Christopher P. Landrigan, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Zuleyha Cidav, Halley Ruppel, Naveen Muthu, Nathaniel J. Williams, Enrique Schisterman, Canita R. Brent, Kimberly Albanowski and Rinad S. Beidas
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:72
  30. Tailored implementation approaches are touted as superior to standardized ones with the reasoning that tailored approaches afford opportunities to select strategies to resolve determinants of the local context...

    Authors: Cara C. Lewis, Meredith R. Boyd, C. Nathan Marti and Karen Albright
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:71
  31. In Kenya, HIV incidence is highest among reproductive-age women. A key HIV mitigation strategy is the integration of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) into family planning services, but successful integration r...

    Authors: Jessica E. Long, McKenna C. Eastment, George Wanje, Barbra A. Richardson, Emily Mwaringa, Mwanakarama Athman Mohamed, Kenneth Sherr, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, Walter Jaoko and R. Scott McClelland
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:70
  32. The rational use of antibiotics is of great importance in health care. In primary care, acute respiratory infections are the most common cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Since existing studies ai...

    Authors: Christin Löffler, Theresa Buuck, Julia Iwen, Maike Schulz, Antonia Zapf, Peter Kropp, Anja Wollny, Linda Krause, Britta Müller, Ann-Katrin Ozga, Elisabeth Goldschmidt and Attila Altiner
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:69
  33. Natural disasters and public health crises can disrupt communities’ capacities to implement important public health programs. A nationwide implementation of an evidence-based HIV prevention program, Focus on Y...

    Authors: Lynette Deveaux, Elizabeth Schieber, Lesley Cottrell, Regina Firpo-Triplett, Richard Adderley, Karen MacDonell, Nikkiah Forbes and Bo Wang
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:68
  34. The Veterans Health Administration (VA) Grant and Per Diem case management “aftercare” program provides 6 months of case management for homeless-experienced veterans (HEVs) undergoing housing transitions. To s...

    Authors: Sonya Gabrielian, Erin P. Finley, David A. Ganz, Jenny M. Barnard, Nicholas J. Jackson, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard E. Nelson and Kristina M. Cordasco
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:67
  35. Statistical tests of mediation are important for advancing implementation science; however, little research has examined the sample sizes needed to detect mediation in 3-level designs (e.g., organization, prov...

    Authors: Nathaniel J. Williams, Kristopher J. Preacher, Paul D. Allison, David S. Mandell and Steven C. Marcus
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:66
  36. Healthcare costs are rising, and a substantial proportion of medical care is of little value. De-implementation of low-value practices is important for improving overall health outcomes and reducing costs. We ...

    Authors: Aleksi J. Raudasoja, Petra Falkenbach, Robin W. M. Vernooij, Jussi M. J. Mustonen, Arnav Agarwal, Yoshitaka Aoki, Marco H. Blanker, Rufus Cartwright, Herney A. Garcia-Perdomo, Tuomas P. Kilpeläinen, Olli Lainiala, Tiina Lamberg, Olli P. O. Nevalainen, Eero Raittio, Patrick O. Richard, Philippe D. Violette…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:65
  37. In response to the US opioid epidemic, significant national campaigns have been launched to expand access to `opioid use disorder (MOUD). While adoption has increased in general medical care settings, specialt...

    Authors: James H. Ford II, Hannah Cheng, Michele Gassman, Harrison Fontaine, Hélène Chokron Garneau, Ryan Keith, Edward Michael and Mark P. McGovern
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:64
  38. For people living with dementia (PLWD) the overuse of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) remains a persistent problem. De-prescribing trials in the elderly have mixed results. Clinician champions may...

    Authors: Michael L. Parchman, Jennifer Perloff and Grant Ritter
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:63
  39. The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) was developed in 2008 as a contextually expanded version of the broadly used Reach, Adoption, Effectiveness, Implementation, and Maintenanc...

    Authors: Borsika A. Rabin, Julie Cakici, Caitlin A. Golden, Paul A. Estabrooks, Russell E. Glasgow and Bridget Gaglio
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:62
  40. Authors: Aaron M. Woolsey, Ryan A. Simmons, Meley Woldeghebriel, Yunji Zhou, Oluwatosin Ogunsola, Sarah Laing, Tayo Olaleye, Joseph Kipkoech, Bomar Mendez Rojas, Indrani Saran, Mercy Odhiambo, Josephine Malinga, George Ambani, Emmah Kimachas, Chizoba Fashanu, Owens Wiwa…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:61

    The original article was published in Implementation Science 2021 16:14

  41. Reducing the rate of stillbirth is an international priority. At least half of babies stillborn in high-income countries are small for gestational-age (SGA). The Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP), a complex ant...

    Authors: Sophie Relph, Kirstie Coxon, Matias C. Vieira, Andrew Copas, Andrew Healey, Alessandro Alagna, Annette Briley, Mark Johnson, Deborah A. Lawlor, Christoph Lees, Neil Marlow, Lesley McCowan, Jessica McMicking, Louise Page, Donald Peebles, Andrew Shennan…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:60
  42. This study will explore implementation mechanisms through which a single implementation strategy and a multifaceted implementation strategy operate to affect the implementation outcome, which is fidelity to the G...

    Authors: Lydia Kwak, Anna Toropova, Byron J. Powell, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Irene Jensen, Gunnar Bergström, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Kjerstin Stigmar, Charlotte Wåhlin and Christina Björklund
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:59
  43. Implementation Mapping is an organized method to select implementation strategies. However, there are 73 Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) strategies. Thus, it is difficult for implementati...

    Authors: Florian R. Schroeck, A. Aziz Ould Ismail, David A. Haggstrom, Steven L. Sanchez, DeRon R. Walker and Lisa Zubkoff
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:58
  44. Evidence-based interventions that optimize physical function for disabled and older adults living in the community who have difficulty with daily living tasks are available. However, uptake has been limited, p...

    Authors: Sandra L. Spoelstra, Monica Schueller, Viktoria Basso and Alla Sikorskii
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:57
  45. Efforts to generate evidence for implementation strategies are frustrated by insufficient description. The Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) compilation names and defines implementation str...

    Authors: Sheena McHugh, Justin Presseau, Courtney T. Luecking and Byron J. Powell
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:56
  46. Implementation science is at a sufficiently advanced stage that it is appropriate for the field to reflect on progress thus far in achieving its vision, with a goal of charting a path forward. In this debate, ...

    Authors: Rinad S. Beidas, Shannon Dorsey, Cara C. Lewis, Aaron R. Lyon, Byron J. Powell, Jonathan Purtle, Lisa Saldana, Rachel C. Shelton, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman and Meghan B. Lane-Fall
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:55
  47. Authors: Shawna N. Smith, Daniel Almirall, Seo Youn Choi, Elizabeth Koschmann, Amy Rusch, Emily Bilek, Annalise Lane, James L. Abelson, Daniel Eisenberg, Joseph A. Himle, Kate D. Fitzgerald, Celeste Liebrecht and Amy M. Kilbourne
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:54

    The original article was published in Implementation Science 2022 17:42

  48. The field of dissemination and implementation (D&I) research has grown immensely in recent years. However, the field of dissemination research has not coalesced to the same degree as the field of implementatio...

    Authors: Ana A. Baumann, Cole Hooley, Emily Kryzer, Alexandra B. Morshed, Cassidy A. Gutner, Sara Malone, Callie Walsh-Bailey, Meagan Pilar, Brittney Sandler, Rachel G. Tabak and Stephanie Mazzucca
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:53
  49. Implementation strategies are aimed at improving guideline adherence. Both effect and process evaluations are conducted to provide insights into the success or failure of these strategies. In our study, we eva...

    Authors: Julie E. M. Swillens, Quirinus J. M. Voorham, Reinier P. Akkermans, Iris D. Nagtegaal and Rosella P. M. G. Hermens
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:52
  50. Interventions are often adapted; some adaptations may provoke more favorable outcomes, whereas some may not. A better understanding of the adaptations and their intended goals may elucidate which adaptations p...

    Authors: Jodi Summers Holtrop, Dennis Gurfinkel, Andrea Nederveld, Phoutdavone Phimphasone-Brady, Patrick Hosokawa, Claude Rubinson, Jeanette A. Waxmonsky and Bethany M. Kwan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:51

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