BACKGROUND The implementation of multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation interventions is challenging, even when the intervention is evidence-based. Very little is known about the implementation of complex interventions in rehabilitation clinical trials. The aim of study was to better understand how the implementation of a rehabilitation intervention in a clinical trial within acute stroke unit...

INTRODUCTION An increasing focus on personal electronic health records (PHRs) offers healthcare benefits for patients, particularly those in undeserved and marginalised populations, who are at risk of receiving less effective healthcare, and may have worse health outcomes. However, PHRs are likely to favour text, technical and health literate users, and be less suitable for disadvantaged patien...

INTRODUCTION Although researchers develop evidence-based programs for public health practice, rates of adoption and implementation are often low. This qualitative study aimed to better understand implementation of the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS), a depression care management program at a Seattle-King County area agency on aging. METHODS We used stratified...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the implementation of a domestic violence screening protocol in an oncology clinic. DESIGN A retrospective review of a random sample of clinic medical records and qualitative surveys of nursing staff. SETTING A gynecologic oncology clinic in a large teaching hospital. SAMPLE 204 charts were abstracted and six oncology nurses completed surveys. METHODS A ra...