Health systems across the world are concerned with the quality and safety of patient care. This includes investing in research and development to progress advances in the treatment and management of individuals and healthcare organisations. The concept of evidence- based healthcare has gained increasing currency over the last two decades; yet questions persist about the time it takes for new research evidence to find its way into day to day healthcare decision-making. This paper explores the reasons for this apparent gap between research and healthcare practice, management and policy-making. In particular, the paper argues that different meanings attached to the word ‘evidence’ fundamentally influence the way in which the research-practice ...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
The concept of evidence has gone unanalysed in much of the current debate between proponents and cri...
Health systems across the world are concerned with the quality and safety of patient ...
In this commentary, the idea of closing the gap between knowing and doing through closing the gap be...
The importance of basing health policy and health care practices on the best available international...
Evidence-based medicine is crucial to contemporary healthcare. It is dependent on systematic review ...
We know that patient care can be improved by implementing evidence-based innovations and applying re...
Background Evidence translation and improvement research indicates that healthcare contexts are comp...
The importance of basing health policy and health care practices on the best available international...
Studies exploring how and why evidence informs decisions (or not) often focus on perceived cultural,...
There are many barriers to the uptake of research findings including information overload, a lack of...
There is increasing interest in providing evidence based health care—that is, care in which healthca...
Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in...
Healthcare decisions are often made under pressure, with varying levels of information in a changing...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
The concept of evidence has gone unanalysed in much of the current debate between proponents and cri...
Health systems across the world are concerned with the quality and safety of patient ...
In this commentary, the idea of closing the gap between knowing and doing through closing the gap be...
The importance of basing health policy and health care practices on the best available international...
Evidence-based medicine is crucial to contemporary healthcare. It is dependent on systematic review ...
We know that patient care can be improved by implementing evidence-based innovations and applying re...
Background Evidence translation and improvement research indicates that healthcare contexts are comp...
The importance of basing health policy and health care practices on the best available international...
Studies exploring how and why evidence informs decisions (or not) often focus on perceived cultural,...
There are many barriers to the uptake of research findings including information overload, a lack of...
There is increasing interest in providing evidence based health care—that is, care in which healthca...
Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in...
Healthcare decisions are often made under pressure, with varying levels of information in a changing...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
Background: Although innovation can improve patient care, implementing new ideas is often challengin...
The concept of evidence has gone unanalysed in much of the current debate between proponents and cri...