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  1. New National Institutes of Health policies call for expansion of practice-based research to improve the clinical research enterprise and facilitate dissemination of evidence-based medicine.

    Authors: Megan Beckett, Elaine Quiter, Gery Ryan, Claude Berrebi, Stephanie Taylor, Michelle Cho, Harold Pincus and Katherine Kahn
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:35
  2. Translating the extraordinary scientific and technological advances occurring in medical research laboratories into care for patients in communities throughout the country has been a major challenge. One contr...

    Authors: Katherine Kahn, Gery Ryan, Megan Beckett, Stephanie Taylor, Claude Berrebi, Michelle Cho, Elaine Quiter, Allen Fremont and Harold Pincus
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:34
  3. Organisational culture is an anthropological metaphor used to inform research and consultancy and to explain organisational environments. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the need to cha...

    Authors: Elena Parmelli, Gerd Flodgren, Fiona Beyer, Nick Baillie, Mary Ellen Schaafsma and Martin P Eccles
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:33
  4. As a response to a changing operating environment, healthcare administrators are implementing modern management tools in their organizations. The balanced scorecard (BSC) is considered a viable tool in high-in...

    Authors: Fauziah Rabbani, Sabrina NH Lalji, Farhat Abbas, SM Wasim Jafri, Junaid A Razzak, Naheed Nabi, Firdous Jahan, Agha Ajmal, Max Petzold, Mats Brommels and Goran Tomson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:31
  5. The 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV testing guidelines recommend screening for HIV infection in all healthcare settings, including the emergency department (ED). In urban areas with a...

    Authors: Katerina A Christopoulos, Kim Koester, Sheri Weiser, Tim Lane, Janet J Myers and Stephen F Morin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:30
  6. Nearly four million neonatal deaths occur annually in the world despite existing evidence-based knowledge with the potential to prevent many of these deaths. Effective knowledge translation (KT) could help to ...

    Authors: Leif Eriksson, Nguyen Thu Nga, Dinh P Hoa, Lars-Ã…ke Persson, Uwe Ewald and Lars Wallin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:29
  7. Many patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), a common condition with high morbidity and mortality rates, receive treatment in primary care. To improve the management of CHF in primary care, we developed an ...

    Authors: Jan van Lieshout, Betty Steenkamer, Marjan Knippenberg and Michel Wensing
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:28
  8. South Africa has a high tuberculosis (TB)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection rate of 73%, yet only 46% of TB patients are tested for HIV. To date, relatively little work has focused on understandin...

    Authors: J Christo Heunis, Edwin Wouters, Wynne E Norton, Michelle C Engelbrecht, N Gladys Kigozi, Anjali Sharma and Camille Ragin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:27
  9. Guidelines continue to be underutilized, and a variety of strategies to improve their use have been suboptimal. Modifying guideline features represents an alternative, but untested way to promote their use. Th...

    Authors: Anna R Gagliardi, Melissa C Brouwers, Valerie A Palda, Louise Lemieux-Charles and Jeremy M Grimshaw
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:26
  10. Patient involvement in healthcare represents the means by which to achieve a healthcare system that is responsive to patient needs and values. Characterization and evaluation of strategies for involving patien...

    Authors: Anna R Gagliardi, France Légaré, Melissa C Brouwers, Fiona Webster, David Wiljer, Elizabeth Badley and Sharon Straus
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:25
  11. Participatory Research (PR) entails the co-governance of research by academic researchers and end-users. End-users are those who are affected by issues under study (e.g., community groups or populations affected ...

    Authors: Justin Jagosh, Pierre Pluye, Ann C Macaulay, Jon Salsberg, Jim Henderson, Erin Sirett, Paula L Bush, Robbyn Seller, Geoff Wong, Trish Greenhalgh, Margaret Cargo, Carol P Herbert, Sarena D Seifer and Lawrence W Green
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:24
  12. The integration of mental health and social services for people diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) has been a key aspect of attempts to reform mental health services in the UK and aims to minimise user...

    Authors: Ruth Belling, Margaret Whittock, Susan McLaren, Tom Burns, Jocelyn Catty, Ian Rees Jones, Diana Rose and Til Wykes
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:23
  13. From many empirical and theoretical points of view, the implementation of shared decision making (SDM) in work rehabilitation for pain due to a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is justified but typically the SDM...

    Authors: Marie-France Coutu, France Légaré, Marie-José Durand, Marc Corbière, Dawn Stacey, Patrick Loisel and Lesley Bainbridge
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:22
  14. In the past forty years, many gains have been made in our understanding of the concept of research utilization. While numerous studies exist on professional nurses' use of research in practice, no attempt has ...

    Authors: Janet E Squires, Alison M Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Boström, Hannah M O'Rourke, Sandra J Cobban and Carole A Estabrooks
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:21
  15. The time period from diagnosis to the end of treatment is challenging for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Patients have a substantial need for information, decision aids, and psychosocial support. Recordings ...

    Authors: Thomas F Hack, J Dean Ruether, Lorna M Weir, Debjani Grenier and Lesley F Degner
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:20
  16. There is a growing recognition of the importance of introducing new ways of working into the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and other health systems, in order to ensure that patient care is provided as eff...

    Authors: Graham P Martin, Graeme Currie, Rachael Finn and Ruth McDonald
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:19
  17. Between 2004 and 2008, 24 Dutch hospitals participated in a two-year multilevel quality collaborative (MQC) comprised of (a) a leadership programme for hospital executives, (b) six quality-improvement collabor...

    Authors: Michel LA Dückers, Cordula Wagner, Leti Vos and Peter P Groenewegen
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:18
  18. Continuing professional development (CPD) is one of the principal means by which health professionals (i.e. primary care physicians and specialists) maintain, improve, and broaden the knowledge and skills requ...

    Authors: France Légaré, Francine Borduas, André Jacques, Réjean Laprise, Gilles Voyer, Andrée Boucher, Francesca Luconi, Michel Rousseau, Michel Labrecque, Joan Sargeant, Jeremy Grimshaw and Gaston Godin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:17
  19. Much implementation research is focused on full-scale trials with little evidence of preceding modelling work. The Medical Research Council Framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions has arg...

    Authors: Shaun Treweek, Ian W Ricketts, Jillian Francis, Martin Eccles, Debbie Bonetti, Nigel B Pitts, Graeme MacLennan, Frank Sullivan, Claire Jones, Mark Weal and Karen Barnett
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:16
  20. The adoption and diffusion of clinical information systems has become one of the critical benchmarks for achieving several healthcare organizational reform priorities, including home care, primary care, and in...

    Authors: Guy Paré, Claude Sicotte, Placide Poba-Nzaou and George Balouzakis
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:15
  21. Tobacco use adversely affects oral health. Tobacco use prevention and cessation (TUPAC) counselling guidelines recommend that healthcare providers ask about each patient's tobacco use, assess the patient's rea...

    Authors: Masamitsu Amemori, Tellervo Korhonen, Taru Kinnunen, Susan Michie and Heikki Murtomaa
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:13
  22. The Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) Collaborative is a network of networks that work together to improve the health and health care of Ontario seniors. The collaborative facilitates knowledge ...

    Authors: James Conklin, Anita Kothari, Paul Stolee, Larry Chambers, Dorothy Forbes and Ken Le Clair
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:12
  23. Despite the growing importance of the Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R) framework in priority setting worldwide, there is still an inadequate understanding of the processes and mechanisms underlying its ...

    Authors: Stephen Maluka, Peter Kamuzora, Miguel SanSebastián, Jens Byskov, Benedict Ndawi, Øystein E Olsen and Anna-Karin Hurtig
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:11
  24. The importance of behaviour change in improving health is illustrated by the increasing investment by funding bodies in the development and evaluation of complex interventions to change population, patient, an...

    Authors: Susan Michie, Charles Abraham, Martin P Eccles, Jill J Francis, Wendy Hardeman and Marie Johnston
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:10
  25. This paper, which draws upon an Emancipatory Action Research (EAR) approach, unearths how the complexities of context influence the realities of nursing practice. While the intention of the project was to iden...

    Authors: Donna Brown and Brendan G McCormack
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:9
  26. Many hospitals have taken actions to make care delivery for specific patient groups more process-oriented, but struggle with the question how to deal with process orientation at hospital level. The aim of this...

    Authors: Leti Vos, Sarah E Chalmers, Michel LA Dückers, Peter P Groenewegen, Cordula Wagner and Godefridus G van Merode
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:8
  27. Clinical guidelines are intended to improve healthcare. However, even if guidelines are excellent, their implementation is not assured. In subfertility care, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embr...

    Authors: Lotte JEW van Dijk, Willianne LDM Nelen, Thomas M D'Hooghe, Gerard AJ Dunselman, Rosella PMG Hermens, Christina Bergh, Karl G Nygren, Arnold HM Simons, Petra de Sutter, Catherine Marshall, Jako S Burgers and Jan AM Kremer
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:7
  28. The use of information and communication technologies in healthcare is seen as essential for high quality and cost-effective healthcare. However, implementation of e-health initiatives has often been problemat...

    Authors: Elizabeth Murray, Joanne Burns, Carl May, Tracy Finch, Catherine O'Donnell, Paul Wallace and Frances Mair
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:6
  29. The misuse and limited effectiveness of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are well documented, and current approaches targeting physicians or patients to improve appropriate use have had limi...

    Authors: Annie LeBlanc, France Légaré, Michel Labrecque, Gaston Godin, Robert Thivierge, Claudine Laurier, Luc Côté, Annette M O'Connor and Michel Rousseau
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:5
  30. Advances in resuscitation science have dramatically improved survival rates following cardiac arrest. However, about 60% of adults that regain spontaneous circulation die before leaving the hospital. Recently ...

    Authors: Katie N Dainty, Damon C Scales, Steve C Brooks, Dale M Needham, Paul Dorian, Niall Ferguson, Gordon Rubenfeld, Randy Wax, Merrick Zwarenstein, Kevin Thorpe and Laurie J Morrison
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:4
  31. In North America, acute respiratory infections are the main reason for doctors' visits in primary care. Family physicians and their patients overuse antibiotics for treating acute respiratory infections. In a ...

    Authors: Anne-Sophie Allaire, Michel Labrecque, Anik Giguère, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Jeremy Grimshaw and France Légaré
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:3
  32. Shifting the role of counseling to less skilled workers may improve efficiency and coverage of health services, but evidence is needed on the impact of substitution on quality of care. This research explored t...

    Authors: Larissa Jennings, André Sourou Yebadokpo, Jean Affo, Marthe Agbogbe and Aguima Tankoano
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:2
  33. Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of successful research utilization in...

    Authors: Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks, Petter Gustavsson and Lars Wallin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:1
  34. Along with the increasing prevalence of chronic illness has been an increase in interventions, such as nurse case management programs, to improve outcomes for patients with chronic illness. Evidence supports t...

    Authors: Rosalind E Keith, Faith P Hopp, Usha Subramanian, Wyndy Wiitala and Julie C Lowery
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:99
  35. Audit and feedback to physicians is commonly used alone or as part of multifaceted interventions. While it can play an important role in quality improvement, the optimal design of audit and feedback is unknown...

    Authors: Noah M Ivers, Karen Tu, Jill Francis, Jan Barnsley, Baiju Shah, Ross Upshur, Alex Kiss, Jeremy M Grimshaw and Merrick Zwarenstein
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:98
  36. Secondary stroke prevention is championed by the stroke guidelines; however, it is rarely systematically delivered. We sought to develop a locally tailored, evidence-based secondary stroke prevention program. ...

    Authors: Arlene A Schmid, Jane Andersen, Thomas Kent, Linda S Williams and Teresa M Damush
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:97
  37. Osteoporosis affects over 200 million people worldwide at a high cost to healthcare systems. Although guidelines are available, patients are not receiving appropriate diagnostic testing or treatment. Findings ...

    Authors: Monika Kastner, Danielle Lottridge, Christine Marquez, David Newton and Sharon E Straus
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:96
  38. Implementing new practices, such as health information technology (HIT), is often difficult due to the disruption of the highly coordinated, interdependent processes (e.g., information exchange, communication, re...

    Authors: Rebecca R Kitzmiller, Ruth A Anderson and Reuben R McDaniel Jr
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:95
  39. This study examined the short- and long-term effects of a quality improvement collaborative on patient outcomes, professional performance, and structural aspects of chronic care management of type 2 diabetes i...

    Authors: Loes MT Schouten, Marlies EJL Hulscher, Jannes JE van Everdingen, Robbert Huijsman, Louis W Niessen and Richard PTM Grol
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:94
  40. The quest for greater efficiency in the provision of primary healthcare services and the implementation of a "health-promoting school" approach encourage the optimal redefinition of the role of school nurses. ...

    Authors: Guylaine Chabot, Gaston Godin and Marie-Pierre Gagnon
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:93
  41. The use of measurement tools is an essential part of good evidence-based practice; however, physiotherapists (PTs) are not always confident when selecting, administering, and interpreting these tools. The purp...

    Authors: Dianne J Russell, Lisa M Rivard, Stephen D Walter, Peter L Rosenbaum, Lori Roxborough, Dianne Cameron, Johanna Darrah, Doreen J Bartlett, Steven E Hanna and Lisa M Avery
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:92
  42. Appreciative inquiry (AI) is an innovative knowledge translation (KT) intervention that is compatible with the Promoting Action on Research in Health Services (PARiHS) framework. This study explored the innova...

    Authors: Tricia Kavanagh, Bonnie Stevens, Kate Seers, Souraya Sidani and Judy Watt-Watson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:90
  43. Globally, suboptimal prescribing practices and medication errors are common. Guidance to health professionals and consumers alone is not sufficient to optimise behaviours, therefore strategies to promote evide...

    Authors: Michelle C Weir, Rebecca Ryan, Alain Mayhew, Julia Worswick, Nancy Santesso, Dianne Lowe, Bill Leslie, Adrienne Stevens, Sophie Hill and Jeremy M Grimshaw
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:89
  44. Hospital readmissions are a leading topic of healthcare policy and practice reform because they are common, costly, and potentially avoidable events. Hospitals face the prospect of reduced or eliminated reimbu...

    Authors: Joshua R Vest, Larry D Gamm, Brock A Oxford, Martha I Gonzalez and Kevin M Slawson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:88
  45. Although screening for tobacco use is increasing with electronic health records and standard protocols, other tobacco-control activities, such as referral of patients to cessation resources, is quite low. In t...

    Authors: Thomas K Houston, Rajani S Sadasivam, Daniel E Ford, Joshua Richman, Midge N Ray and Jeroan J Allison
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:87
  46. Variability between clinical practice guideline recommendations and actual clinical practice exists in many areas of health care. A 2004 systematic review examining the effectiveness of guideline implementatio...

    Authors: Joanne E McKenzie, Denise A O'Connor, Matthew J Page, Duncan S Mortimer, Simon D French, Bruce F Walker, Jennifer L Keating, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Susan Michie, Jill J Francis and Sally E Green
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:86
  47. Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents a serious and growing health problem in Canada. Colonoscopy is used for screening and diagnosis of symptomatic or high CRC risk individuals. Although a number of countries ar...

    Authors: Gilles Jobin, Marie Pierre Gagnon, Bernard Candas, Catherine Dubé, Anis Ben Abdeljelil and Sonya Grenier
    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:85

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