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  1. 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

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  2. 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

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  3. 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

    Content type: Research

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  5. 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

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  6. 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

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  7. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  8. 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

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  9. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  10. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  11. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  12. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  13. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  14. 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

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  15. 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

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  16. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  17. 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

    Content type: Systematic Review

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  18. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  19. 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

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  20. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  21. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  22. 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

    Content type: Study protocol

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  23. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  24. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  25. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  27. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  28. 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

    Content type: Methodology

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  29. 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

    Content type: Systematic Review

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  30. 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

    Content type: Study protocol

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  31. 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

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  32. 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

    Content type: Study protocol

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  33. To increase the effectiveness of quality-improvement collaboratives (QICs), it is important to explore factors that potentially influence their outcomes. For this purpose, we have developed and tested the psyc...

    Authors: Loes MT Schouten, Richard PTM Grol and Marlies EJL Hulscher

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:84

    Content type: Methodology

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  34. Shared decision making (SDM) is a process by which a healthcare choice is made jointly by the healthcare professional and the patient. SDM is the essential element of patient-centered care, a core concept of p...

    Authors: France Légaré, Hilary Bekker, Sophie Desroches, Mary Politi, Dawn Stacey, Francine Borduas, Francine M Cheater, Jacques Cornuz, Marie-France Coutu, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Nora Ferdjaoui-Moumjid, Frances Griffiths, Martin Härter, Cath Jackson, André Jacques, Tanja Krones…

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:83

    Content type: Study protocol

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  35. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework, or PARIHS, is a conceptual framework that posits key, interacting elements that influence successful implementation of evidence-bas...

    Authors: Christian D Helfrich, Laura J Damschroder, Hildi J Hagedorn, Ginger S Daggett, Anju Sahay, Mona Ritchie, Teresa Damush, Marylou Guihan, Philip M Ullrich and Cheryl B Stetler

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:82

    Content type: Systematic Review

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  36. Delirium occurs in up to 65% of older hip fracture patients. Developing delirium in hospital has been associated with a variety of adverse outcomes. Trials have shown that multi-component preventive interventi...

    Authors: Jayna M Holroyd-Leduc, Greg A Abelseth, Farah Khandwala, James L Silvius, David B Hogan, Heidi N Schmaltz, Cyril B Frank and Sharon E Straus

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:81

    Content type: Short report

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  37. There is a large quality of care gap for patients with osteoporosis. As a fragility fracture is a strong indicator of underlying osteoporosis, it offers an ideal opportunity to initiate investigation and treat...

    Authors: Elizabeth A Little and Martin P Eccles

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:80

    Content type: Systematic Review

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  38. Health systems face challenges in using research evidence to improve policy and practice. These challenges are particularly evident in small and poorly resourced health systems, which are often in locations (i...

    Authors: Celeste Alvaro, Renée F Lyons, Grace Warner, Stevan E Hobfoll, Patricia J Martens, Ronald Labonté and E Richard Brown

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:79

    Content type: Research

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  40. Despite evidence of the benefits of research use in post-acute stroke rehabilitation where compliance with clinical practice guidelines has been associated with functional recovery and patient satisfaction, th...

    Authors: Nancy M Salbach, Sara JT Guilcher, Susan B Jaglal and David A Davis

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:77

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Bottom-up, clinician-conceived and directed clinical intervention research, coupled with collaboration from researcher experts, is conceptually endorsed by the participatory research movement. This report pres...

    Authors: Dean Blevins, Mary S Farmer, Carrie Edlund, Greer Sullivan and JoAnn E Kirchner

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:76

    Content type: Research article

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  42. Although for more than a decade healthcare systems have attempted to provide evidence-based mental health treatments, the availability and use of psychotherapies remains low. A significant need exists to ident...

    Authors: Michael R Kauth, Greer Sullivan, Dean Blevins, Jeffrey A Cully, Reid D Landes, Qayyim Said and Thomas A Teasdale

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:75

    Content type: Research article

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  44. Worksites are important locations for interventions to promote health. However, occupational programs with documented efficacy often are not used, and those being implemented have not been studied. The researc...

    Authors: Diane L Elliot, Kuehl S Kerry, Esther L Moe, Carol A DeFrancesco, Linn Goldberg, David P MacKinnon, Jeanne Enders and Kim C Favorite

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:73

    Content type: Study protocol

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  45. Despite the burgeoning number of well-validated interventions that have been shown in randomized trials to produce superior outcomes compared to usual services, it is estimated that only 10% of public systems ...

    Authors: Wei Wang, Lisa Saldana, C Hendricks Brown and Patricia Chamberlain

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:72

    Content type: Research article

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  46. Randomised trials of knowledge translation strategies for professional behaviour change can provide robust estimates of effectiveness, but offer little insight into the causal mechanisms by which any change is...

    Authors: Craig R Ramsay, Ruth E Thomas, Bernard L Croal, Jeremy M Grimshaw and Martin P Eccles

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:71

    Content type: Research article

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  47. Complex care management is seen as an approach to face the challenges of an ageing society with increasing numbers of patients with complex care needs. The Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom has pr...

    Authors: Tobias Freund, Michel Wensing, Cornelia Mahler, Jochen Gensichen, Antje Erler, Martin Beyer, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Joachim Szecsenyi and Frank Peters-Klimm

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:70

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  48. Scoping studies are an increasingly popular approach to reviewing health research evidence. In 2005, Arksey and O'Malley published the first methodological framework for conducting scoping studies. While this ...

    Authors: Danielle Levac, Heather Colquhoun and Kelly K O'Brien

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:69

    Content type: Debate

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  49. Hypertensive disease in pregnancy remains the leading cause of maternal mortality in the Netherlands. Seventeen percent of the clinical pregnancies are complicated by hypertension and 2% by preeclampsia. The D...

    Authors: Susanne HE Luitjes, Maurice GAJ Wouters, Arie Franx, Hubertina CJ Scheepers, Veerle MH Coupé, Huub Wollersheim, Eric AP Steegers, Martijn P Heringa, Rosella PMG Hermens and Maurits W van Tulder

    Citation: Implementation Science 2010 5:68

    Content type: Study protocol

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