Getting research findings into practice: Finding information on clinical effectiveness

Getting research into clinical practice - barriers and solutions.

The success of current efforts towards evidence-based health services in many countries depends on efficient transfer of research findings to health practitioners. However, there is a lag in research being adopted. In part this is due to difficulties in interpreting or generalising research findings, in part to inertia, organisational structures and information. Clinical guidelines are usually ...

Getting research findings into practice. When to act on the evidence.

Getting research into policy and practice.

Getting research findings into practice Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings

a Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, 1388 Sutter Street, 11th floor, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA, b Unit of Clinical Policy Analysis, Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy, c Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, d Department o...

Getting Evidence into Practice: Perspectives on Rationality

The UK Government’s renewed emphasis on evidence-based policy making (EBP) is held to reflect a less ideological, more pragmatic ‘third way’ to developing and implementing economic and social policies. The new mantra – ‘what matters is what works’ – signals a resurgence of traditional notions of rationality in policy making. It implies a central role for social research and evaluation in develo...