Improving KT tools and products: development and evaluation of a framework for creating optimized, Knowledge-activated Tools (KaT).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive impacts of quality improvement initiatives on health care and services have not been substantial. Knowledge translation (KT) strategies (tools, products and interventions) strive to facilitate the uptake of knowledge thereby the potential to improve care, but there is little guidance on how to develop them. Existing KT guidance or planning tools fall short in operationalizing all aspects of KT practice activities conducted by knowledge users (researchers, clinicians, patients, decision-makers), and most do not consider their variable needs or to deliver recommendations that are most relevant and useful for them.

Methods

We conducted a 3-phase study. In phase 1, we used several sources to develop a conceptual framework for creating optimized Knowled

SUBMITTER: Kastner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427906 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature