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  1. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients on mechanical ventilation often require sedation and analgesia to improve comfort and decrease pain. Prolonged sedation and analgesia, however, may increase time on mechanica...

    Authors: Colin K. Grissom, Richard Holubkov, Lori Carpenter, Bridgett Hanna, Jason R. Jacobs, Christopher Jones, Andrew J. Knighton, Lindsay Leither, Dee Lisonbee, Ithan D. Peltan, Carrie Winberg, Doug Wolfe and Rajendu Srivastava
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:45
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  2. Strategies for supporting evidence-informed health policy are a recognized but understudied area of policy dissemination and implementation science. Codesign describes a set of strategies potentially well suit...

    Authors: Sarah Cusworth Walker, Barbara Baquero, Betty Bekemeier, McKenna Parnes and Kashika Arora
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:44
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  3. A proliferation of theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs) have been developed in the implementation science field to facilitate the implementation process. The basic features of these TMFs have been identifie...

    Authors: Yingxuan Wang, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Per Nilsen, Vincent Chi-ho Chung, Yue Tian and Eng-Kiong Yeoh
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:43
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  4. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is well known to most healthcare professionals. Implementing EBP in clinical practice is a complex process that can be challenging and slow. Lack of EBP knowledge, skills, attitud...

    Authors: Nils Gunnar Landsverk, Nina Rydland Olsen and Therese Brovold
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:42
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  5. Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based intervention for stimulant use and is highly effective in combination with medication for opioid use disorder. Yet, uptake of CM in opioid treatment programs th...

    Authors: Sara J. Becker, Kira DiClemente-Bosco, Kelli Scott, Tim Janssen, Sarah M. Salino, Fariha N. Hasan, Kimberly R. Yap and Bryan R. Garner
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:41
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  9. People with type 1 diabetes and raised glucose levels are at greater risk of retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, sexual health problems and foot disease. The UK National Institute for...

    Authors: Michael Sykes, Bethan Copsey, Tracy Finch, David Meads, Amanda Farrin, Jenny McSharry, Naomi Holman, Bob Young, Alex Berry, Kat Ellis, Lauren Moreau, Thomas Willis, Sarah Alderson, Melissa Girling, Elaine O’Halloran and Robbie Foy
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:37
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  10. De-implementation of low-value care can increase health care sustainability. We evaluated the reporting of direct costs of de-implementation and subsequent change (increase or decrease) in health care costs in...

    Authors: Petra Falkenbach, Aleksi J. Raudasoja, 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 2023 18:36
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  11. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex condition common among individuals treated in behavioral healthcare, but TBI screening has not been adopted in these settings which can affect optimal clinical decisio...

    Authors: Kathryn A. Hyzak, Alicia C. Bunger, Jennifer Bogner, Alan K. Davis and John D. Corrigan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:35
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Collaborative approaches to knowledge translation (KT) are important for advancing community-engaged research. However, there is a need for examples of participatory approaches that have effectively supported ...

    Authors: Ashleigh Domingo, Jennifer Yessis, Kerry-Ann Charles, Kelly Skinner and Rhona M. Hanning
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:34
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  13. More than half a million Americans died of an opioid-related overdose between 1999 and 2020, the majority occurring between 2015 and 2020. The opioid overdose mortality epidemic disproportionately impacts Blac...

    Authors: Christopher F. Akiba, Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Antonio Morgan-Lopez, Gary A. Zarkin, Stephen Orme, Peter J. Davidson, Alex H. Kral and Barrot H. Lambdin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:33
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  14. Successful implementation and utilization of Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in hospitals is complex and challenging. Implementation science, and in particular the Nonadoption, Abandonmen...

    Authors: Bridget Abell, Sundresan Naicker, David Rodwell, Thomasina Donovan, Amina Tariq, Melissa Baysari, Robin Blythe, Rex Parsons and Steven M. McPhail
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:32
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  15. Proctor and colleagues’ 2011 paper proposed a taxonomy of eight implementation outcomes and challenged the field to address a research agenda focused on conceptualization, measurement, and theory building. Ten...

    Authors: Enola K. Proctor, Alicia C. Bunger, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Donald R. Gerke, Jared K. Martin, Rebecca J. Phillips and Julia C. Swanson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:31
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Implementation Science 2023 18:39

  16. Most implementations fail before the corresponding services are ever delivered. Measuring implementation process fidelity may reveal when and why these attempts fail. This knowledge is necessary to support the ac...

    Authors: Zoe M. Alley, Jason E. Chapman, Holle Schaper and Lisa Saldana
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:30
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Disentangling the interplay between experience-based intuition and theory-informed implementation is crucial for identifying the direct contribution theory can make for generating behaviour changes needed for ...

    Authors: Natalie Taylor, Skye McKay, Janet C. Long, Clara Gaff, Kathryn North, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Jill J. Francis and Stephanie Best
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:29
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  18. COVID-19 inequities are abundant in low-income communities of color. Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy to promote equitable and sustained vaccination for underserved communities requires a multi-level, sca...

    Authors: Borsika A. Rabin, Kelli L. Cain, Paul Watson Jr., William Oswald, Louise C. Laurent, Audra R. Meadows, Marva Seifert, Fatima A. Munoz, Linda Salgin, Jeannette Aldous, Edgar A. Diaz, Miguel Villodas, Santosh Vijaykumar, Sean T. O’Leary and Nicole A. Stadnick
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:28
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  19. While simple Audit & Feedback (A&F) has shown modest effectiveness in reducing low-value care, there is a knowledge gap on the effectiveness of multifaceted interventions to support de-implementation efforts. ...

    Authors: Lynne Moore, Mélanie Bérubé, Amina Belcaid, Alexis F. Turgeon, Monica Taljaard, Robert Fowler, Natalie Yanchar, Éric Mercier, Jérôme Paquet, Henry Thomas Stelfox, Patrick Archambault, Simon Berthelot, Jason R. Guertin, Barbara Haas, Noah Ivers, Jeremy Grimshaw…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:27
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. An important cervical cancer prevention strategy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been single-visit screen-and-treat (SV-SAT) approach, using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and ablativ...

    Authors: Michelle B. Shin, Lynda Myra Oluoch, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Colin Baynes, Harriet Fridah, Jesse Heitner, Mary Bernadette Kerubo, Kenneth Ngure, Leeya F. Pinder, Katherine K. Thomas, Nelly Rwamba Mugo and Sarah Gimbel
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:26
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. To bring evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to individuals with behavioral health needs, psychosocial interventions must be delivered at scale. Despite an increasing effort to implement effective treatments i...

    Authors: Margaret E. Crane, Philip C. Kendall, Bruce F. Chorpita, Matthew R. Sanders, Allen R. Miller, Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Jenna McWilliam, Judith S. Beck, Ceth Ashen, Dennis D. Embry, John A. Pickering and Eric L. Daleiden
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:24
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  23. The Communicate Study is a partnership project which aims to transform the culture of healthcare systems to achieve excellence in culturally safe care for First Nations people. It responds to the ongoing impac...

    Authors: Anna P. Ralph, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath, Emily Armstrong, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman, Leah Ginnivan, Anne Lowell, Bilawara Lee, Gillian Gorham, Sean Taylor, Marita Hefler and Vicki Kerrigan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:23
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  25. Deimplementation, the removal or reduction of potentially hazardous approaches to care, is key to progressing social equity in health. While the benefits of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) are well-evidenced, w...

    Authors: Anna Conway, Alison D. Marshall, Sione Crawford, Jeremy Hayllar, Jason Grebely and Carla Treloar
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Permanent supportive housing (PSH)—subsidized housing paired with support services such as case management—is a key part of national strategic plans to end homelessness. PSH tenants face high overdose risk due...

    Authors: Kelly M. Doran, Allison Torsiglieri, Stephanie Blaufarb, Patricia Hernandez, Emily Melnick, Lauren Velez, Charles M. Cleland, Charles Neighbors, Megan A. O’Grady and Donna Shelley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:21
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  27. A quality improvement strategy (PReCePT) was used in a standard and enhanced format to scale up a clinical intervention (administering magnesium sulphate to women in preterm labour) across all maternity units ...

    Authors: Sabi Redwood, Christalla Pithara-McKeown, Tracey Stone, Emma Treloar, Jenny L. Donovan and Karen Luyt
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:19
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  28. Optimal strategies to facilitate implementation of evidence-based clinical pathways are unclear. We evaluated two implementation strategies (Core versus Enhanced) to facilitate implementation of a clinical pat...

    Authors: Phyllis Butow, Mona M. Faris, Joanne Shaw, Patrick Kelly, Sharon He, Marnie Harris, Jessica Cuddy, Lindy Masya, Liesbeth Geerligs, Brian Kelly, Afaf Girgis, Nicole Rankin, Philip Beale, Thomas F. Hack, Laura Kirsten, Haryana Dhillon…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2023 18:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  30. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  32. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  33. 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
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. 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
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  36. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  37. 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
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  40. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. 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
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  43. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. 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
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. 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
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  47. 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
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  48. 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
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  49. 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
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  50. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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