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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The quality of clinical coding in the NHS

"Throughout the assurance framework we have identified consistent issues that impact on data quality. We have developed these themes using the learning from this year’s audit programme into a checklist of 10 areas designed to enable senior managers to identify ways of improving and maintaining the quality of clinical coded data."

The quality of clinical coding in the NHS: Payment by Results data assurance framework
CAPITA
Department of Health
September 2014

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Social and organizational factors affecting implementation of evidence-informed practice

"Managers were identified frequently as information sources, even though this is not a part of their formal role. Self-perceived implementation of EBP in practice was a significant predictor of being an information source or an expert, implying a positive atmosphere towards implementation of evidence-informed decision making in this public health organization. Results also implied that the perception of accessibility and trust were significant predictors of expertise recognition."

Social and organizational factors affecting implementation of evidence-informed practice in a public health department in Ontario: a network modelling approach
R Yousefi-Nooraie, M Dobbins, A Mari
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:29

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New evidence on management and leadership

"Public concern about patient care has highlighted uncertainties about the current role and nature of managers in today’s NHS. This digest presents key findings from fourteen new studies on leadership and management practice."

New evidence on management and leadership
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
National Institute for Health Research
December 2013

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Primary healthcare in transition

"This qualitative study shows the complexity of the system change and describes the different effects and perceptions of the transition from a manager's perspective."

Primary healthcare in transition -- a qualitative study of how managers perceived a system change
A Maun, K Nilsson, C Furaker, J Thorn
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:382

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Quest for integrated health and social care

"Canterbury provides much food for thought for the many clinicians, funders and managers interested in better demand management in primary care, allied to significant improvements in hospital efficiency that in turn have an impact on the use of social care."

Quest for integrated health and social care: a case study in Canterbury, New Zealand
N Timmins, C Ham
The King's Fund
September 2013

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How hard can it be to include research evidence and evaluation in local health policy implementation?

"Local commissioners and managers need to build the critical use of research evidence and evaluation into health policy implementation at local level in order to provide consistent and effective healthcare services."

How hard can it be to include research evidence and evaluation in local health policy implementation? Results from a mixed methods study
BA Evans, H Snooks, H Howson, M Davies
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:17

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Interventions to improve the use of systematic reviews in decision-making by health system managers

"Systematic review evidence may be used in priority setting, policy, planning and purchasing health-care interventions, and clinical decision-making."

Interventions to improve the use of systematic reviews in decision-making by health system managers, policy makers and clinicians
Murthy L, Shepperd S, Clarke MJ, Garner SE, Lavis JN, Perrier L, Roberts NW, Straus SE
Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group
The Cochrane Library
September 2012

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Self management support resource centre

This self management support area has been developed by The Health Foundation, to support healthcare professionals, service managers and commissioners develop their understanding of self management support.

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