An organizational framework and strategic implementation for system-level change to enhance research-based practice: QUERI Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The continuing gap between available evidence and current practice in health care reinforces the need for more effective solutions, in particular related to organizational context. Considerable advances have been made within the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VA) in systematically implementing evidence into practice. These advances have been achieved through a system-level program focused on collaboration and partnerships among policy makers, clinicians, and researchers. The Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was created to generate research-driven initiatives that directly enhance health care quality within the VA and, simultaneously, contribute to the field of implementation science. This paradigm-shifting effort provided a natural laboratory for exp

SUBMITTER: Stetler CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2430586 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature