FLAWS IN ‘DISSEMINATION’
Pushing’ research evidence gets us only so far.
Linear approaches to evidence have a long history but they severe limitation.
by Anna Hopkins
Published by: Implementation Science volume 19 (2024)
The gap between research findings and clinical practice is well documented and a range of strategies have been developed to support the implementation of research into clinical practice. The objective of this study was to update and extend two previous reviews of systematic reviews of strategies designed to implement research evidence into clinical practice.
We developed a comprehensive systematic literature search strategy based on the terms used in the previous reviews to identify studies that looked explicitly at interventions designed to turn research evidence into practice. We identified 32 reviews conducted between 2010 and 2022. The majority of reviews report strategies achieving small impacts (normally on processes of care). There is much less evidence that these strategies have shifted patient outcomes.
Combined with the two previous reviews, 86 systematic reviews of strategies to increase the implementation of research into clinical practice have been identified.
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This paper by Annette Boaz, Juan Baeza, Alec Fraser, and Erik Persson is published online by Implementation Science, volume 19, Feb 2024.