From best evidence to best practice: Effective implementation of change in patients' care

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9391, 2003, Pages 1225-1230

  Grol, Richard ^a,b   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPUTER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0141953257     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14546-1     Document Type: Review

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