Smokers usually abstain from tobacco while hospitalized but relapse after discharge. Inpatient interventions may encourage sustained quitting. We previously demonstrated that a decision support tool embedded i...
Authors: Steven L. Bernstein, June Weiss, Michelle DeWitt, Jeanette M. Tetrault, Allen L. Hsiao, James Dziura, Scott Sussman, Ted Miller, Kelly Carpenter, Patrick O’Connor and Benjamin Toll
Mitigating the risks of adverse outcomes from opioids is critical. Thus, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System developed the Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Management (STORM), a dashboard to assist ...
Authors: Matthew Chinman, Walid F. Gellad, Sharon McCarthy, Adam J. Gordon, Shari Rogal, Maria K. Mor and Leslie R. M. Hausmann
Shared decision-making (SDM) is rarely implemented in pediatric practice. Pediatric health decision-making differs from that of adult practice. Yet, little is known about the factors that influence the impleme...
Authors: Laura Boland, Ian D. Graham, France Légaré, Krystina Lewis, Janet Jull, Allyson Shephard, Margaret L. Lawson, Alexandra Davis, Audrey Yameogo and Dawn Stacey
Organizational context is one factor influencing the translation of evidence into practice, but data pertaining to patients with acute stroke are limited. We aimed to determine the associations of organization...
Authors: Nadine E. Andrew, Sandy Middleton, Rohan Grimley, Craig S. Anderson, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Natasha A. Lannin, Enna Striol-Salama, Brenda Grabsch, Monique F. Kilkenny, Janet E. Squires and Dominique A. Cadilhac
Evidence-based guidelines for management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the emergency department (ED) are now widely available; however, clinical practice remains inconsistent with these guidelines. ...
Authors: Marije Bosch, Joanne E. McKenzie, Jennie L. Ponsford, Simon Turner, Marisa Chau, Emma J. Tavender, Jonathan C. Knott, Russell L. Gruen, Jill J. Francis, Sue E. Brennan, Andrew Pearce, Denise A. O’Connor, Duncan Mortimer, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Susanne Meares…
Many psychosocial interventions are disseminated and supported by organizations, termed “Intermediary/Purveyor Organizations” (IPOs). Because IPOs remain largely unstudied, we lack understanding of their scale...
Authors: Enola Proctor, Cole Hooley, Amber Morse, Stacey McCrary, Hyunil Kim and Patricia L. Kohl
Guidance from economic evaluations on which implementation strategies represent the best return on investment will be critical to advancing the Triple Aim of health care: improving patient care and population ...
Authors: Alex R. Dopp, Peter Mundey, Lana O. Beasley, Jane F. Silovsky and Daniel Eisenberg
Effective implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) remains a significant challenge. Numerous existing models and frameworks identify key factors and processes to facilitate implementation. However, th...
Authors: Joanna C. Moullin, Kelsey S. Dickson, Nicole A. Stadnick, Borsika Rabin and Gregory A. Aarons
Inappropriate medication and polypharmacy increase morbidity, hospitalisation rate, costs and mortality in multimorbid patients. At hospital discharge of elderly patients, polypharmacy is often even more prono...
Authors: Thomas Grischott, Stefan Zechmann, Yael Rachamin, Stefan Markun, Corinne Chmiel, Oliver Senn, Thomas Rosemann, Nicolas Rodondi and Stefan Neuner-Jehle
Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities is arguably more important than implementation science in resource-rich settings, because resource poverty requires novel solutions to ensure t...
Implementation of clinical health promotion (CHP) aiming at better health gain is slow despite its effect. CHP focuses on potentially modifiable lifestyle risks such as smoking, alcohol, diet, and physical ina...
Authors: Jeff Kirk Svane, Shu-Ti Chiou, Oliver Groene, Milena Kalvachova, Mirna Zagrajski Brkić, Isao Fukuba, Tiiu Härm, Jerneja Farkas, Yen Ang, Mikkel Østerheden Andersen and Hanne Tønnesen
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a complex process. To quantify it, one has to also consider individual and contextual factors using multiple measures. Modern measurement approaches are available to optimize t...
Authors: Fadi Al Zoubi, Nancy Mayo, Annie Rochette and Aliki Thomas
Since 2012 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has provided financial support for HPV vaccine introduction in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); however, funding has been contingent on establishing a demonstrati...
Authors: Caroline Soi, Sarah Gimbel, Baltazar Chilundo, Vasco Muchanga, Luisa Matsinhe and Kenneth Sherr
Over the past years, implementation science has gained more and more importance in German-speaking countries. Reliable and valid questionnaires are needed for evaluating the implementation of evidence-based pr...
Authors: Christina Kien, Marie-Therese Schultes, Monika Szelag, Rudolf Schoberberger and Gerald Gartlehner
Middle managers are in a unique position to promote the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in healthcare organizations, yet knowledge of middle managers’ role in implementation and determinants ...
Authors: Sarah Birken, Alecia Clary, Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Kea Turner, Rosemary Meza, Alexandra Zizzi, Madeline Larson, Jennifer Walker and Martin Charns
Evidence-based guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the emergency department (ED) are now widely available, and yet, clinical practice remains inconsistent with the guidelines...
Authors: Duncan Mortimer, Marije Bosch, Joanne E. Mckenzie, Simon Turner, Marisa Chau, Jennie L. Ponsford, Jonathan C. Knott, Russell L. Gruen and Sally E. Green
The original British instrument the Normalization Process Theory Measure (NoMAD) is based on the four core constructs of the Normalization Process Theory: Coherence, Cognitive Participation, Collective Action,...
Authors: Marie Elf, Sofi Nordmark, Johan Lyhagen, Inger Lindberg, Tracy Finch and Anna Cristina Åberg
Men with prostate cancer are often castrated with long-acting injectable drugs termed androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Although many benefit, ADT is also used in patients with little or nothing to gain. The...
Authors: Ted A. Skolarus, Sarah T. Hawley, Daniela A. Wittmann, Jane Forman, Tabitha Metreger, Jordan B. Sparks, Kevin Zhu, Megan E. V. Caram, Brent K. Hollenbeck, Danil V. Makarov, John T. Leppert, Jeremy B. Shelton, Vahakn Shahinian, Sriram Srinivasaraghavan and Anne E. Sales
Dissemination of evidence-based practices that can reduce morbidity and mortality is important to combat the growing opioid overdose crisis in the USA. Research and expert consensus support reducing high-dose ...
Authors: Amanda M. Midboe, Steve Martino, Sarah L. Krein, Joseph W. Frank, Jacob T. Painter, Michael Chandler, Allison Schroeder, Brenda T. Fenton, Lara Troszak, Taryn Erhardt, Robert D. Kerns and William C. Becker
Theories, models, and frameworks (TMF) are foundational for generalizing implementation efforts and research findings. However, TMF and the criteria used to select them are not often described in published art...
Authors: Sarah A. Birken, Catherine L. Rohweder, Byron J. Powell, Christopher M. Shea, Jennifer Scott, Jennifer Leeman, Mary E. Grewe, M. Alexis Kirk, Laura Damschroder, William A. Aldridge II, Emily R. Haines, Sharon Straus and Justin Presseau
Health care practice needs to be underpinned by high quality research evidence, so that the best possible care can be delivered. However, evidence from research is not always utilised in practice. This study u...
Authors: Kate Seers, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Karen Cox, Nicola Crichton, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Ann Catrine Eldh, Carole A. Estabrooks, Gill Harvey, Claire Hawkes, Carys Jones, Alison Kitson, Brendan McCormack, Christel McMullan, Carole Mockford, Theo Niessen, Paul Slater…
Facilitation is a promising implementation intervention, which requires theory-informed evaluation. This paper presents an exemplar of a multi-country realist process evaluation that was embedded in the first ...
Authors: Jo Rycroft-Malone, Kate Seers, Ann Catrine Eldh, Karen Cox, Nicola Crichton, Gill Harvey, Claire Hawkes, Alison Kitson, Brendan McCormack, Christel McMullan, Carole Mockford, Theo Niessen, Paul Slater, Angie Titchen, Teatske van der Zijpp and Lars Wallin
The ‘Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence’ study found no significant differences between sites that received two types of facilitation support and those that did not on the primary outcome of docu...
Authors: Gill Harvey, Brendan McCormack, Alison Kitson, Elizabeth Lynch and Angie Titchen
Improving the quality and safety of perioperative care is a global priority. The Enhanced Peri-Operative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial was a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a quality impr...
Authors: T. J. Stephens, C. J. Peden, R. M. Pearse, S. E. Shaw, T. E. F. Abbott, E. L. Jones, D. Kocman and G. Martin
A computerised, multifaceted quality improvement (QI) intervention for cardiovascular disease (CVD) management in Australian primary healthcare was evaluated in a cluster randomised controlled trial. The inter...
Authors: Bindu Patel, Tim Usherwood, Mark Harris, Anushka Patel, Kathryn Panaretto, Nicholas Zwar and David Peiris
While clinical pathways have the potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, their true impact has been limited by variable implementation strategies and suboptimal research designs. Thi...
Authors: Mona Jabbour, Amanda S. Newton, David Johnson and Janet A. Curran
Audit and feedback interventions may be strengthened using social interaction. The Calgary office of the Alberta Physician Learning Program (CPLP) developed a process for audit and group feedback for physicians. ...
Authors: Lara J. Cooke, Diane Duncan, Laura Rivera, Shawn K. Dowling, Christopher Symonds and Heather Armson
The uptake of eRehabilitation programs in stroke care is insufficient, despite the growing availability. The aim of this study was to explore which factors influence the uptake of eRehabilitation in stroke reh...
Authors: B. Brouns, J. J. L. Meesters, M. M. Wentink, A. J. de Kloet, H. J. Arwert, T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland, L. W. Boyce and L. van Bodegom-Vos
Implementing evidence-based care requires healthcare practitioners to do less of some things (de-implementation) and more of others (implementation). Variations in effectiveness of behaviour change interventio...
Authors: Andrea M. Patey, Catherine S. Hurt, Jeremy M. Grimshaw and Jill J. Francis
Health practice guidelines (HPGs) are important tools for the translation of evidence into practice. Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in HealThcare (RIGHT) checklist provides guidance on reporting healt...
Authors: Ružica Tokalić, Marin Viđak, Ivan Buljan and Ana Marušić
Community organizations can have difficulty implementing evidence-based prevention programs. More research is needed on implementation support interventions designed to help these organizations implement progr...
Authors: Matthew Chinman, Patricia Ebener, Patrick S. Malone, Jill Cannon, Elizabeth J. D’Amico and Joie Acosta
Chlamydia is a major public health concern, with high economic and social costs. In 2016, there were over 200,000 chlamydia diagnoses made in England. The highest prevalence rates are found among young people....
Authors: Lorraine K McDonagh, John M Saunders, Jackie Cassell, Tyrone Curtis, Hamad Bastaki, Thomas Hartney and Greta Rait
In recent years, the incidence of several pathogens of public health importance (measles, mumps, pertussis and rubella) has increased in Europe, leading to outbreaks. This has included England, where GP practi...
Authors: Tim Crocker-Buque, Michael Edelstein and Sandra Mounier-Jack
Passive dissemination of information in healthcare refers to the publication or mailing of newly established guidelines or recommendations. It is one of the least costly knowledge translation activities. This ...
Authors: Isabelle Vedel, Melanie Le Berre, Nadia Sourial, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Howard Bergman and Liette Lapointe
In a large statewide initiative, New York State implemented collaborative care (CC) from 2012 to 2014 in 32 primary care settings where residents were trained and supported its sustainability through payment r...
Authors: Nathalie Moise, Ravi N. Shah, Susan Essock, Amy Jones, Jay Carruthers, Margaret A. Handley, Lauren Peccoralo and Lloyd Sederer
Leadership by point-of-care and senior managers is increasingly recognized as critical to the acceptance and use of research evidence in practice. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify the lead...
Authors: Wendy A. Gifford, Janet E. Squires, Douglas E. Angus, Lisa A. Ashley, Lucie Brosseau, Janet M. Craik, Marie-Cécile Domecq, Mary Egan, Paul Holyoke, Linda Juergensen, Lars Wallin, Liquaa Wazni and Ian D. Graham
Adaptations of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) often occur. However, little is known about the reasons for adaptation, the adaptation process, and outcomes of adapted EBIs. To address this gap, we conducte...
Authors: Cam Escoffery, E. Lebow-Skelley, R. Haardoerfer, E. Boing, H. Udelson, R. Wood, M. Hartman, M. E. Fernandez and P. D. Mullen
The emergence of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science has driven a rapid increase in studies of how new scientific discoveries are translated and developed into evidence-based programs and policies. ...
Authors: Rebecca Vitale, Timothy Blaine, Elizabeth Zofkie, Sarah Moreland-Russell, Todd Combs, Ross C. Brownson and Doug A. Luke
Dissemination of clinical practice guidelines alone is insufficient to create meaningful change in clinical practice. Quality improvement collaborative models have potential to address the evidence-practice ga...
Authors: Monica Cations, Maria Crotty, Janna Anneke Fitzgerald, Susan Kurrle, Ian D. Cameron, Craig Whitehead, Jane Thompson, Billingsley Kaambwa, Kate Hayes, Lenore de la Perrelle, Gorjana Radisic and Kate E. Laver
A prominent strategy to engage private sector health providers in low- and middle-income countries is clinical social franchising, an organisational model that applies the principles of commercial franchising ...
“Making Every Contact Count” (MECC), a public health policy in the UK, compels healthcare professionals to deliver opportunistic health behaviour change interventions to patients during routine medical consult...
Authors: Chris Keyworth, Tracy Epton, Joanna Goldthorpe, Rachel Calam and Christopher J. Armitage
Elected officials (e.g., legislators) are an important but understudied population in dissemination research. Audience segmentation is essential in developing dissemination strategies that are tailored for leg...
Authors: Jonathan Purtle, Félice Lê-Scherban, Xi Wang, Paul T. Shattuck, Enola K. Proctor and Ross C. Brownson
Depressive and anxiety disorders affect 20–30% of school-age youth, most of whom do not receive adequate services, contributing to poor developmental and academic outcomes. Evidence-based practices (EBPs) such...
Authors: Amy M. Kilbourne, Shawna N. Smith, Seo Youn Choi, Elizabeth Koschmann, Celeste Liebrecht, Amy Rusch, James L. Abelson, Daniel Eisenberg, Joseph A. Himle, Kate Fitzgerald and Daniel Almirall
Educational outreach visits are meant to improve the practice of health professionals by promoting face-to-face visits to deliver educational contents. They have been shown to change prescription behavior, but...
Authors: Daniel Pinto, Bruno Heleno, David S. Rodrigues, Ana Luísa Papoila, Isabel Santos and Pedro A. Caetano
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected persons and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for uninfected persons are extraordinarily effective strategies for HIV prevention. In Africa, the region which shoulde...
Authors: Kenneth K. Mugwanya, Elizabeth Irungu, Elizabeth Bukusi, Nelly R. Mugo, Josephine Odoyo, Elizabeth Wamoni, Kenneth Ngure, Jennifer F. Morton, Kathryn Peebles, Sarah Masyuko, Gena Barnabee, Deborah Donnell, Ruanne Barnabas, Jessica Haberer, Gabrielle O’Malley and Jared M. Baeten
Significant resources are required to write de novo clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). There are many freely-available CPGs internationally, for many health conditions. Developing countries rarely have the r...
Authors: K. Grimmer, Q. Louw, J. M. Dizon, S-M van Niekerk, D. Ernstzen and C. Wiysonge
The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) is a widely used tool, but it has not been adapted and validated for use in schools, the most common setting where youth access behavioral health services. Th...
Authors: Clayton R. Cook, Chayna Davis, Eric C. Brown, Jill Locke, Mark G. Ehrhart, Gregory A. Aarons, Madeline Larson and Aaron R. Lyon
More research on sustainment of interventions is needed, especially return on investment (ROI) studies to determine cost-benefit trade-offs for effort required to sustain and how much is gained when effective ...
Authors: Jennifer E. Johnson, Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, Alla Sikorskii, Ted Miller, Amanda King, Jennifer L. Blume, Xuan Pham, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Ellen Poleshuck, Rebecca Weinberg and Caron Zlotnick
Computerised clinical decision support (CDS) can potentially better inform decisions, and it can help with the management of information overload. It is perceived to be a key component of a learning health car...
Authors: Stijn Van de Velde, Annemie Heselmans, Nicolas Delvaux, Linn Brandt, Luis Marco-Ruiz, David Spitaels, Hanne Cloetens, Tiina Kortteisto, Pavel Roshanov, Ilkka Kunnamo, Bert Aertgeerts, Per Olav Vandvik and Signe Flottorp
