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Wade SL, Walsh K, Slomine BS, Davis KC, Heard C, Maggard B, Sutcliffe M, Van Tubbergen M, McNally K, Deidrick K, Kirkwood MW, Lantagne A, Ashman S, Scratch S, Chesley G, Johnson-Kerner B, Johnson A, Cirincione L, Austin C. Widespread clinical implementation of the teen online problem-solving program: Progress, barriers, and lessons learned. FRONTIERS IN REHABILITATION SCIENCES 2023; 3:1089079. [PMID: 36824180 PMCID: PMC9942775 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.1089079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Objective We describe the clinical implementation in North America of Teen Online Problem Solving (TOPS), a 10+ session, evidence-based telehealth intervention providing training in problem-solving, emotion regulation, and communication skills. Methods Twelve children's hospitals and three rehabilitation hospitals participated, agreeing to train a minimum of five therapists to deliver the program and to enroll two patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) per month. Barriers to reach and adoption were addressed during monthly calls, resulting in expansion of the program to other neurological conditions and extending training to speech therapists. Results Over 26 months, 381 patients were enrolled (199 TBI, 182 other brain conditions), and 101 completed the program. A total of 307 therapists were trained, and 58 went on to deliver the program. Institutional, provider, and patient barriers and strategies to address them are discussed. Conclusions The TOPS implementation process highlights the challenges of implementing complex pediatric neurorehabilitation programs while underscoring potential avenues for improving reach and adoption.
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- Shari L. Wade
- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Neurology and Behavioral Psychology, Pediatrics Neurophysiology, St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, ID, United States
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Pediatric Neurology, Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Dell Children's Medical Center, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, United States
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Hose BZ, Conn Busch J, Lane-Fall M, Bass EJ. Systematic Approach for Comparing Team-based Care Processes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY ... ANNUAL MEETING. HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING 2022; 66:580-584. [PMID: 36910699 PMCID: PMC9997683 DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Team-based care process modeling techniques have focused on understanding and designing solutions for a single site. Less is known about tailoring an effective team-based care process from one site to another, which is necessary for multi-site implementation efforts. We propose an approach for analyzing and comparing a team-based care process performed at two sites to inform redesign opportunities. Our approach includes abstracting the goals and strategies of each process by identifying whether sociotechnical system element differences exist. Element differences may exist for the phase, tasks, roles, information, and technology and tools. Differences in system elements may still support process goals and strategies and, thus, be irrelevant for redesign opportunities. We demonstrate the utility of the approach using an operating room to intensive care unit handoff protocol. This approach should be useful for researchers and practitioners that are tailoring and implementing a successful team-based care process at more than one site.
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- Bat-Zion Hose
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Drexel University, College of Computing and Informatics, Philadelphia, PA.,Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA
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Sarfo FS, Ovbiagele B. Utilizing Implementation Science to Bridge Cerebrovascular Health Disparities: a Local to Global Perspective. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022; 22:293-303. [PMID: 35381952 PMCID: PMC9081275 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-022-01193-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Stroke is a prime example of a medical disorder whose incidence, prevalence, and outcomes are strongly characterized by health disparities across the globe. This scoping literature review seeks to depict how implementation science could be utilized to advance health equity in the prevention, acute treatment, and post-acute management of stroke in the underserved regions of high-income countries as well as in all low-income countries. RECENT FINDINGS A major reason for the persisting and widening cerebrovascular disease disparities is that evidence-based stroke prevention and treatment interventions have been differentially translated (if at all) to various populations and settings. The field of implementation science is endowed with frameworks, theories, methodological approaches, and outcome measures, including equity indices, which could be harnessed to facilitate the translation of evidence-based interventions into clinical practice for underserved and vulnerable communities. Encouragingly, there are several novel frameworks, which eminently merge implementation science constructs with health equity determinants, thereby opening up key opportunities to bridge burgeoning worldwide gaps in cerebrovascular health equity.
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- Fred Stephen Sarfo
- Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Private Mail Bag, Kumasi, Ghana.
- Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Hankins JS, Shah N, DiMartino L, Brambilla D, Fernandez ME, Gibson RW, Gordeuk VR, Lottenberg R, Kutlar A, Melvin C, Simon J, Wun T, Treadwell M, Calhoun C, Baumann A, Potter MB, Klesges L, Bosworth H. Integration of Mobile Health Into Sickle Cell Disease Care to Increase Hydroxyurea Utilization: Protocol for an Efficacy and Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2020; 9:e16319. [PMID: 32442144 PMCID: PMC7388044 DOI: 10.2196/16319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hydroxyurea prevents disease complications among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Although its efficacy has been endorsed by the National Health Lung and Blood Institute evidence-based guidelines, its adoption is low, both by patients with SCD and providers. Mobile health (mHealth) apps provide benefits in improving medication adherence and self-efficacy among patients with chronic diseases and have facilitated prescription among medical providers. However, mHealth has not been systematically tested as a tool to increase hydroxyurea adherence nor has the combination of mHealth been assessed at both patient and provider levels to increase hydroxyurea utilization. OBJECTIVE This study aims to increase hydroxyurea utilization through a combined two-level mHealth intervention for both patients with SCD and their providers with the goals of increasing adherence to hydroxyurea among patients and improve hydroxyurea prescribing behavior among providers. METHODS We will test the efficacy of 2 mHealth interventions to increase both patient and provider utilization and knowledge of hydroxyurea in 8 clinical sites of the NHLBI-funded Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC). The patient mHealth intervention, InCharge Health, includes multiple components that address memory, motivation, and knowledge barriers to hydroxyurea use. The provider mHealth intervention, Hydroxyurea Toolbox (HU Toolbox), addresses the clinical knowledge barriers in prescribing and monitoring hydroxyurea. The primary hypothesis is that among adolescents and adults with SCD, adherence to hydroxyurea, as measured by the proportion of days covered (the ratio of the number of days the patient is covered by the medication to the number of days in the treatment period), will increase by at least 20% after 24 weeks of receiving the InCharge Health app, compared with their adherence at baseline. As secondary objectives, we will (1) examine the change in health-related quality of life, acute disease complications, perceived health literacy, and perceived self-efficacy in taking hydroxyurea among patients who use InCharge Health and (2) examine potential increases in the awareness of hydroxyurea benefits and risks, appropriate prescribing, and perceived self-efficacy to correctly administer hydroxyurea therapy among SCD providers between baseline and 9 months of using the HU Toolbox app. We will measure the reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of both the InCharge Health and the HU Toolbox apps using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance framework and qualitatively evaluate the implementation of both mHealth interventions. RESULTS The study is currently enrolling study participants. Recruitment is anticipated to be completed by mid-2021. CONCLUSIONS If this two-level intervention, that is, the combined use of InCharge Health and HU Toolbox apps, demonstrates efficacy in increasing adherence to hydroxyurea and prescribing behavior in patients with SCD and their providers, respectively, both apps will be offered to other institutions outside the SCDIC through a future large-scale implementation-effectiveness study. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04080167; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04080167. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/16319.
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- Jane S Hankins
- St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Blood Disorders, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, United States
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- Center for Blood Disorders, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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- Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, United States
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- University of California San Francisco Benioff Children Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, United States
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Gamble-George JC, Redmond N, Boyce CA. Letter by Gamble-George et al Regarding Article, "Identification of Racial Inequities in Access to Specialized Inpatient Heart Failure Care at an Academic Medical Center". Circ Heart Fail 2020; 13:e007171. [PMID: 32498622 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Joyonna C Gamble-George
- Implementation Science Branch, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (J.C.G.-G., C.A.B.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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- Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (N.R.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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- Implementation Science Branch, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (J.C.G.-G., C.A.B.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (R.M.G.)
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Sterling MR, Echeverria SE, Commodore-Mensah Y, Breland JY, Nunez-Smith M. Health Equity and Implementation Science in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep-Related Research: Emerging Themes From the 2018 Saunders-Watkins Leadership Workshop. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2019; 12:e005586. [PMID: 31610713 PMCID: PMC6812546 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.005586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Disparities in health outcomes for heart, lung, blood, and sleep-related health conditions are pervasive in the United States, with an unequal burden experienced among structurally disadvantaged populations. One reason for this disparity is that despite the existence of effective interventions that promote health equity, few have been translated and implemented consistently in the healthcare system. To achieve health equity, there is a dire need to implement and disseminate effective evidence-based interventions that account for the complex and multilayered social determinants of health among marginalized groups across healthcare settings. To that end, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science invited early stage investigators to participate in the inaugural Saunders-Watkins Leadership Workshop in May of 2018 at the National Institutes of Health. The goals of the workshop were to: (1) present an overview of health equity research, including areas which require ongoing investigation; (2) review how the fields of health equity and implementation science are related; (3) demonstrate how implementation science could be utilized to advance health equity; and (4) foster early stage investigator career success in heart, lung, blood, and sleep-related research. Herein, we highlight key themes from the 2-day workshop and offer recommendations for the future direction of health equity and implementation science research in the context of heart, lung, blood, and sleep-related health conditions.
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- Madeline R. Sterling
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
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- Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD
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- Center for Innovation to Implementation, Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA
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- Equity Research and Innovation Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Riley IL, Murphy B, Razouki Z, Krishnan JA, Apter A, Okelo S, Kraft M, Feltner C, Que LG, Boulware LE. A Systematic Review of Patient- and Family-Level Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence Interventions in Black/African Americans. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2019; 7:1184-1193.e3. [PMID: 30395992 PMCID: PMC7957831 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence rates are suboptimal among adult black/African Americans. Comprehensive studies characterizing the effectiveness and the methodological approaches to the development of interventions to improve ICS adherence in adult black/African Americans have not been performed. OBJECTIVES Conduct a systematic review of patient/family-level interventions to improve ICS adherence in adult black/African Americans. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL from inception to August 2017 for English-language US studies enrolling at least 30% black/African Americans comparing patient/family-level ICS adherence interventions with any comparator. Two investigators independently selected, extracted data from, and rated risk of bias. We collected information on intervention characteristics and outcomes, and assessed whether studies were informed by behavior theory, stakeholder engagement, or both. RESULTS Among 1661 abstracts identified, we reviewed 230 full-text articles and identified 4 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 1 quasi-experimental (pre-post design) study meeting criteria. Study participants (N range, 17-333) varied in mean age (22-47 years), proportion black/African Americans studied (71%-93%), and sex (69%-82% females). RCTs evaluated problem-solving classes, self-efficacy training, technology-based motivational interviewing program, and the use of patient advocates. The RCT testing self-efficacy training was the only intervention informed by both behavior theory and stakeholder engagement. All 4 RCTs compared interventions with active control and rated as medium risk of bias. No RCTs found a statistically significant improvement in adherence. CONCLUSIONS Few studies assessing asthma adherence interventions focused on adult black/African-American populations. No RCTs demonstrated improved ICS adherence in participants. Future studies that are informed by behavior change theory and stakeholder engagement are needed.
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- University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Ill
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif
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- University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tuscson, Ariz
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Is positive airway pressure therapy underutilized in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients? Expert Rev Respir Med 2019; 13:407-415. [PMID: 30704303 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2019.1577732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the home-setting remains controversial. Despite studies suggesting potential benefits, there is an apparent underutilization of such therapy in patients with stable COPD in a domiciliary setting. Areas covered: The reasons for underutilization in the home-setting are multifactorial, and we provide our perspective on the adequacy of scientific evidence and implementation barriers that may underlie the observed underutilization. In this article, we will discuss continuous PAP, bilevel PAP, and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation using a home ventilator (NIPPV). Expert commentary: Many patients with stable COPD and chronic respiratory failure do not receive NIPPV therapy at home despite supportive scientific evidence. Such underutilization suggests that there are barriers to implementation that include provider knowledge, health services, and payor policies. For patients with stable COPD without chronic respiratory failure, there is inadequate scientific evidence to support domiciliary NIPPV or CPAP therapy. In patients with stable COPD without chronic respiratory failure, studies aimed at identifying patient characteristics that determine the effectiveness of domiciliary NIPPV therapy needs further study. Future implementation and health-policy research with appropriate stakeholders are direly needed to help improve patient outcomes.
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DiMartino LD, Baumann AA, Hsu LL, Kanter J, Gordeuk VR, Glassberg J, Treadwell MJ, Melvin CL, Telfair J, Klesges LM, King A, Wun T, Shah N, Gibson RW, Hankins JS. The sickle cell disease implementation consortium: Translating evidence-based guidelines into practice for sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol 2018; 93:E391-E395. [PMID: 30203558 PMCID: PMC6503654 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
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- School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California
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- Division of Hematology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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Sussman JB, Heisler M. Of Barbershops and Churches. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2018; 11:e005149. [PMID: 30354585 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.118.005149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Jeremy B Sussman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.B.S., M.H.).,Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.B.S., M.H.).,Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, MI (J.B.S., M.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.B.S., M.H.).,Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.B.S., M.H.).,Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, MI (J.B.S., M.H.)
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Sampson UKA, McGlynn EA, Perlin JB, Frisse ME, Arnold SB, Benz EJ, Brennan T, Briss P, Beeuwkes Buntin MJ, Khosla S, King RG, Kuntz R, Leider H, Ling SM, Macrae J, Murray R, Thrailkill E, Wager C, Witchey D, Jacobson HR. Advancing the Science of Healthcare Service Delivery: The NHLBI Corporate Healthcare Leaders' Panel. Glob Heart 2018; 13:339-345. [PMID: 30301679 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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There is a growing gap between available science and evidence and the ability of service providers to deliver high-quality care in a cost-effective way to the entire population. We believe that the chasm between knowledge and action is due to a lack of concerted effort among all organizations that deliver health care services across the life span of patients. Broad participation is needed and necessitates a far more explicit and concerted public-private partnership focused on large-scale transformation. In this context, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a panel made up of leaders of corporate health care entities, including academic health centers, and government agency representatives to inform contemporary strategic partnerships with health care companies. This article provides insights from the meeting on how to execute a transformative innovation research agenda that will foster improvements in health care service delivery by leveraging the translation of biomedical research evidence in real-world settings.
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- Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Health Services Research Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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Engelgau MM, Narayan KMV, Ezzati M, Salicrup LA, Belis D, Aron LY, Beaglehole R, Beaudet A, Briss PA, Chambers DA, Devaux M, Fiscella K, Gottlieb M, Hakkinen U, Henderson R, Hennis AJ, Hochman JS, Jan S, Koroshetz WJ, Mackenbach JP, Marmot MG, Martikainen P, McClellan M, Meyers D, Parsons PE, Rehnberg C, Sanghavi D, Sidney S, Siega-Riz AM, Straus S, Woolf SH, Constant S, Creazzo TL, de Jesus JM, Gavini N, Lerner NB, Mishoe HO, Nelson C, Peprah E, Punturieri A, Sampson U, Tracy RL, Mensah GA. Implementation Research to Address the United States Health Disadvantage: Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop. Glob Heart 2018; 13:65-72. [PMID: 29716847 PMCID: PMC6504971 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Four decades ago, U.S. life expectancy was within the same range as other high-income peer countries. However, during the past decades, the United States has fared worse in many key health domains resulting in shorter life expectancy and poorer health-a health disadvantage. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a panel of national and international health experts and stakeholders for a Think Tank meeting to explore the U.S. health disadvantage and to seek specific recommendations for implementation research opportunities for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Recommendations for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute consideration were made in several areas including understanding the drivers of the disadvantage, identifying potential solutions, creating strategic partnerships with common goals, and finally enhancing and fostering a research workforce for implementation research. Key recommendations included exploring why the United States is doing better for health indicators in a few areas compared with peer countries; targeting populations across the entire socioeconomic spectrum with interventions at all levels in order to prevent missing a substantial proportion of the disadvantage; assuring partnership have high-level goals that can create systemic change through collective impact; and finally, increasing opportunities for implementation research training to meet the current needs. Connecting with the research community at large and building on ongoing research efforts will be an important strategy. Broad partnerships and collaboration across the social, political, economic, and private sectors and all civil society will be critical-not only for implementation research but also for implementing the findings to have the desired population impact. Developing the relevant knowledge to tackle the U.S. health disadvantage is the necessary first step to improve U.S. health outcomes.
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- Michael M Engelgau
- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council (MRC) and Public Health England (PHE) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Centre for Health and Social Economics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinton Health Matters Initiative, Clinton Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Noncommunicable Disease and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Health Equity and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Center on Society and Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Office of Scientific Review, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Office of Scientific Review, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Extramural Science Programs, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Flannery AH, Thompson Bastin ML, Montgomery-Yates A, Hook C, Cassity E, Eaton PM, Morris PE. Multidisciplinary Prerounding Meeting as a Continuous Quality Improvement Tool: Leveraging to Reduce Continuous Benzodiazepine Use at an Academic Medical Center. J Intensive Care Med 2018; 34:707-713. [PMID: 29683053 DOI: 10.1177/0885066618769015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evidence-based medicine often has many barriers to overcome prior to implementation in practice, hence the importance of continuous quality improvement. We report on a brief (≤10 minutes) multidisciplinary meeting prior to rounds to establish a dashboard for continuous quality improvement and studied the success of this meeting on a particular area of focus: continuous infusion benzodiazepine minimization. METHODS This was a prospective observational study of patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of a large academic medical center over a 4-month period. A morning multidisciplinary prerounding meeting was implemented to report on metrics required to establish a dashboard for MICU care for the previous 24 hours. Fellows and nurse practitioners on respective teams reported on key quality metrics and other important data related to patient census. Continuous benzodiazepines were tracked daily as the number of patients per team who had orders for a continuous benzodiazepine infusion. The aim of this report is to describe the development of the morning multidisciplinary prerounding meeting and its impact on continuous benzodiazepine use, along with associated clinical outcomes. RESULTS The median number of patients prescribed a continuous benzodiazepine daily decreased over this time period and demonstrated a sustained reduction at 1 year. Furthermore, sedation scores improved, corresponding to a reduction in median duration of mechanical ventilation. The effectiveness of this intervention was mapped post hoc to conceptual models used in implementation science. CONCLUSIONS A brief multidisciplinary meeting to review select data points prior to morning rounds establishes mechanisms for continuous quality improvement and may serve as a mediating factor for successful implementation when initiating and monitoring practice change in the ICU.
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- Alexander H Flannery
- 1 Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA.,2 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 1 Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA.,2 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 3 University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 3 University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 4 Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 3 University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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Weiss CH, Krishnan JA, Au DH, Bender BG, Carson SS, Cattamanchi A, Cloutier MM, Cooke CR, Erickson K, George M, Gerald JK, Gerald LB, Goss CH, Gould MK, Hyzy R, Kahn JM, Mittman BS, Mosesón EM, Mularski RA, Parthasarathy S, Patel SR, Rand CS, Redeker NS, Reiss TF, Riekert KA, Rubenfeld GD, Tate JA, Wilson KC, Thomson CC. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement: Implementation Science in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 194:1015-1025. [PMID: 27739895 PMCID: PMC5441016 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201608-1690st] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many advances in health care fail to reach patients. Implementation science is the study of novel approaches to mitigate this evidence-to-practice gap. METHODS The American Thoracic Society (ATS) created a multidisciplinary ad hoc committee to develop a research statement on implementation science in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The committee used an iterative consensus process to define implementation science and review the use of conceptual frameworks to guide implementation science for the pulmonary, critical care, and sleep community and to explore how professional medical societies such as the ATS can promote implementation science. RESULTS The committee defined implementation science as the study of the mechanisms by which effective health care interventions are either adopted or not adopted in clinical and community settings. The committee also distinguished implementation science from the act of implementation. Ideally, implementation science should include early and continuous stakeholder involvement and the use of conceptual frameworks (i.e., models to systematize the conduct of studies and standardize the communication of findings). Multiple conceptual frameworks are available, and we suggest the selection of one or more frameworks on the basis of the specific research question and setting. Professional medical societies such as the ATS can have an important role in promoting implementation science. Recommendations for professional societies to consider include: unifying implementation science activities through a single organizational structure, linking front-line clinicians with implementation scientists, seeking collaborations to prioritize and conduct implementation science studies, supporting implementation science projects through funding opportunities, working with research funding bodies to set the research agenda in the field, collaborating with external bodies responsible for health care delivery, disseminating results of implementation science through scientific journals and conferences, and teaching the next generation about implementation science through courses and other media. CONCLUSIONS Implementation science plays an increasingly important role in health care. Through support of implementation science, the ATS and other professional medical societies can work with other stakeholders to lead this effort.
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Reducing Health Inequities in the U.S.: Recommendations From the NHLBI's Health Inequities Think Tank Meeting. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017; 68:517-524. [PMID: 27470459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a Think Tank meeting to obtain insight and recommendations regarding the objectives and design of the next generation of research aimed at reducing health inequities in the United States. The panel recommended several specific actions, including: 1) embrace broad and inclusive research themes; 2) develop research platforms that optimize the ability to conduct informative and innovative research, and promote systems science approaches; 3) develop networks of collaborators and stakeholders, and launch transformative studies that can serve as benchmarks; 4) optimize the use of new data sources, platforms, and natural experiments; and 5) develop unique transdisciplinary training programs to build research capacity. Confronting health inequities will require engaging multiple disciplines and sectors (including communities), using systems science, and intervening through combinations of individual, family, provider, health system, and community-targeted approaches. Details of the panel's remarks and recommendations are provided in this report.
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Sampson UKA, Chambers D, Riley W, Glass RI, Engelgau MM, Mensah GA. Implementation Research: The Fourth Movement of the Unfinished Translation Research Symphony. Glob Heart 2017; 11:153-8. [PMID: 27102036 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Uchechukwu K A Sampson
- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Parthasarathy S, Carskadon MA, Jean-Louis G, Owens J, Bramoweth A, Combs D, Hale L, Harrison E, Hart CN, Hasler BP, Honaker SM, Hertenstein E, Kuna S, Kushida C, Levenson JC, Murray C, Pack AI, Pillai V, Pruiksma K, Seixas A, Strollo P, Thosar SS, Williams N, Buysse D. Implementation of Sleep and Circadian Science: Recommendations from the Sleep Research Society and National Institutes of Health Workshop. Sleep 2016; 39:2061-2075. [PMID: 27748248 PMCID: PMC5103795 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.6300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
- Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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- UAHS Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
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- Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Phildelphia, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Phildelphia, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Psychology Department, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Phildelphia, PA
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- Sleep Disorders & Research Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia
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- Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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Zhang J, Jiang F, Shen X. Continued importance in translation from research to health policy in China. J Transl Med 2016; 14:272. [PMID: 27649898 PMCID: PMC5029096 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-016-1021-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Precision Medicine may be considered as another strategic effort of "from-bench-to-beside" translation. In order to have a maximal impact on population health, the translation must go further. A new translational medicine paradigm is proposed to improve the clarity of conceptual pathways and facilitate translation from research to health policy. The latter is particularly important in low- and middle-income countries where the need to improve population health is immediate and immense.
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- Jun Zhang
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Public Health, Shanghai, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital and Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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