Background Change agency in its various forms is one intervention aimed at improving the
effectiveness of the uptake of evidence. Facilitators, knowledge brokers and opinion leaders …

Background Increasing innovation readiness of healthcare organizations is necessary to
meet upcoming challenges, including population aging, staff shortages and reduced …

PURPOSE Numerous primary care practice development efforts, many related to the patient-
centered medical home (PCMH), are emerging across the United States with few guides …

This paper examines the commercialization of an alternative youth subculture. Sociologists
have typically focused on the ways that authorities have attempted to repress and censor …

Policymakers in England are increasingly encouraging the formation of 'large-scale'general
practice provider collaborations with the expectation that this will help deliver better quality …

Background Many approaches to improving health managers' capacity in poor countries,
particularly those pursued by external agencies, employ non-participatory approaches and …

Background The implementation of innovations (ie, new tools and practices) in healthcare
organizations remains a significant challenge. The objective of this study was to examine the …

3 in changing work practices'. More recently, Goodlee (2006) bemoans the relentless
change, aligning the NHS to a political football and expresses her concern at the waste of …

Practice-based commissioning (PBC) in the UK is intended to improve both the vertical and
horizontal integration of health care, in order to avoid escalating costs and enhance …

When general practitioners and family physicians listen, reflect, and diagnose, we use 3
different theories of knowledge. This essay explores these theories to highlight an approach …