Dissemination & Implementation Science
Dissemination and implementation science is the study of how
best to integrate evidence-based interventions into clinical and community
settings. Dissemination research involves examining the process of
spreading knowledge and evidence-based interventions to health and clinical
care audiences. Implementation research seeks to understand how healthcare
professionals and other stakeholders adopt and implement evidence-based
interventions and to identify and address barriers and facilitators to
effective implementation. Dissemination and implementation research uses a
range of methods to study innovations and accelerate the spread of evidence
into practice.
Dissemination & Implementation Science
Principal Investigator: Deb Cohen, PhD
The long-term goal of this study is to learn how best to disseminate
evidence-based interventions into Community Health Centers nationwide.
Principal investigator: Deb Cohen, PhD
The purpose of this project is to identify and describe
innovative primary care practices that have implemented some of the most
challenging attributes required to care for cancer survivors, and the
intervention strategies/environmental contexts that facilitated this
transformation. The study will translate this information for future practice
improvement efforts.
Evaluating Systems Change to Advance Learning and Take Evidence to Scale (ESCALATES)
Principal Investigator: Deb Cohen, PhDThis study will conduct
a prospective observational analysis of the most effective combination of
interventions and practice and contextual factors, and use qualitative
methods to better understand why and how those combinations are effective. Eight different grants will be focused on the
same cardiovascular prevention outcomes and collection of similar practice,
organization, context, and outcome data as part of their own evaluations test. These eight specific intervention strategies,
conducted in 250 practices each, plus this one overall evaluation, provide a
tremendous opportunity to resolve this deficiency by accelerating the
evidence-based practice change critical for improving the quality,
sustainability and patient-centeredness of healthcare.
CATCH UP:
Community-based HIT Tools for Cancer Screening and Health Insurance Promotion
Principal Investigator: Jen DeVoe, MD, DPhilThe long-term goal of this project is to determine how Community
Health Centers can best use their unique HIT (health information technology) systems
to facilitate efforts to enroll and retain eligible patients in public health
insurance programs.