No magic targets! Changing clinical practice to become more evidence based

Sue Dopson; Louise FitzGerald; Ewan Ferlie; John Gabbay; Louise Locock

doi:10.1097/00004010-200207000-00005

No magic targets! Changing clinical practice to become more evidence based

Health Care Manage Rev. 2002 Summer;27(3):35-47. doi: 10.1097/00004010-200207000-00005.

Authors

Sue Dopson¹, Louise FitzGerald, Ewan Ferlie, John Gabbay, Louise Locock

Affiliation

¹ Saïd Business School, Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK.

PMID: 12146782
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200207000-00005

Abstract

This article focuses on the diffusion and adoption of innovations in clinical practice. The authors are specifically interested in underresearched questions concerning the latter stages of the creation, diffusion, and adoption of new knowledge, namely: What makes this information credible and therefore utilized? Why do actors decide to use new knowledge? And what is the significance of the social context of which actors are a part?

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
Clinical Medicine / trends*
Decision Making
Diffusion of Innovation*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Group Processes
Health Services Research
Humans
Knowledge
Leadership
Organizational Innovation
Organizational Policy
Social Environment