Translating Health Services Research into Practice in the Safety Net.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize research relating to health services research translation in the safety net through analysis of the literature and case study of a safety net system.

Data sources/study setting

Literature review and key informant interviews at an integrated safety net hospital.

Study design

This paper describes the results of a comprehensive literature review of translational science literature as applied to health care paired with qualitative analysis of five key informant interviews conducted with senior-level management at Denver Health and Hospital Authority.

Principal findings

Results from the literature suggest that implementing innovation may be more difficult in the safety net due to multiple factors, including financial and organizational constra

SUBMITTER: Moore SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4722217 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature