PURPOSE This study was a systematic review with a quantitative synthesis of the literature
examining the overall effect size of practice facilitation and possible moderating factors. The …

Background More than 100 million individuals in the USA have been diagnosed with a
chronic disease, yet chronic disease care has remained fragmented and of inconsistent …

Background Practice facilitation (PF) is an implementation strategy now commonly used in
primary care settings for improvement initiatives. PF occurs when a trained external …

Background Facilitation is emerging as an important strategy in the uptake of evidence.
However, it is not entirely clear from a practical perspective how facilitation occurs to help …

Background We evaluated a facilitation strategy to help clinical sites likely to experience
challenges implement evidence-based Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) …

Background It is widely reported that facilitation can aid implementation of evidence-based
practices. Although scholars agree that facilitators need a diverse range of skills, only a few …

Background Guidelines support health care decision-making and high quality care and
outcomes. However, their implementation is sub-optimal. Theory-informed, tailored …

Clinical research continually produces new findings that can contribute to effective and
efficient patient care. However, such research cannot change patient outcomes unless …

Background: Practice facilitators (PFs) are health care professionals who assist primary care
clinicians in research and quality improvement projects. Although they have been used in …

Background Implementation fidelity is critical to the internal and external validity of
implementation research. Much of what is written about implementation fidelity addresses …