Background We conducted a meta-analysis of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) to
determine the effectiveness of statin therapy; whether effectiveness varied according to …

Background Audit and feedback is one of the most widely used and promising interventions
in implementation research, yet also one of the most variably effective. Understanding this …

Background Improved outcomes are associated with the Awakening and Breathing
Coordination, Delirium, and Early exercise/mobility bundle (ABCDE); however …

Abstract Background The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services,
or PARIHS, framework is a theoretical framework widely promoted as a guide to implement …

Objectives Infant birth weight is influenced by modifiable maternal pre-pregnancy behaviors
and characteristics. We evaluated the relationship among pre-pregnancy body mass index …

Background Audit and feedback interventions in healthcare have been found to be effective,
but there has been little progress with respect to understanding their mechanisms of action …

Electronic practice data are increasingly being used to provide feedback to encourage
practice improvement. However, evidence suggests that despite decades of experience, the …

Abstract Background The Competing Values Framework (CVF) has been widely used in
health services research to assess organizational culture as a predictor of quality …

Background. Assessment of disease burden is the key to many aspects of health care
management. Patient diagnoses are commonly used for case-mix assessment. However …

This paper presents a case for careful consideration of theory in planning to implement
evidence-based practices into clinical care. As described, theory should be tightly linked to …