Middle managers’ experience implementing healthcare innovations in practice

"If engaging in hypothesized roles promotes implementation effectiveness, then the middle manager role theory should be leveraged to develop an intervention to enable middle managers to fulfill hypothesized roles with the support of top managers; doing so may promote the implementation of innovations intended to reduce the gap between evidence and practice."

Elaborating on theory with middle managers’ experience implementing healthcare innovations in practice
SA Birken, LD DiMartino, MA Kirk, SD Lee, M McClelland, NM Albert
Implementation Science 2016, 11:2  doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0362-6

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Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit

"This toolkit is for health care professionals working in improvement who want to understand and use communications to better plan, implement and spread their work."

Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit
The Health Foundation

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Using communications approaches to spread improvement

"The guide is intended for those actively engaged in health care improvement work. It introduces key
concepts about spreading ideas, and examines the evidence about the role communications can play. It then suggests practical actions you can take to effectively communicate and spread your improvement work."

Using communications approaches to spread improvement: A practical guide to help you effectively communicate and spread your improvement work
S Randall
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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The role of interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization

"Findings suggest that interpersonal communication is associated with knowledge mobilization and highlight how the network structure could be improved for further dissemination efforts." 

The role of interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization within a community-based organization: a network analysis
HL Gainforth, AE Latimer-Cheung, P Athanasopoulos, S Moore, KA Martin Ginis
Implementation Science, 2014, 9: 59

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Successfully spreading surgical innovation

"If we are to address the slow diffusion of innovation we must learn from experience. This report sets out what makes adoption of surgical innovation different and why we need a new approach."

From innovation to adoption: Successfully spreading surgical innovation
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
April 2014

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High impact innovations

"On this website, you will find a wide range of material to help you in the spread and adoption of the High Impact Innovations identified in Innovation Health and Wealth, Accelerating Adoption and Diffusion in the NHS, along with online communities to allow sharing of real life examples and stories."

High impact innovations
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
August 2012

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Health Services Research Live

The NHS Confederation has created this place where everyone interested in innovation, evidence, and improvement for health services can connect. Click here to access the resource.