The guideline implementability research and application network (GIRAnet): An international collaborative to support knowledge exchange: Study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gagliardi, Anna R ^a   Brouwers, Melissa C ^b   Bhattacharyya, Onil K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guideline development; Guideline implementation; Guidelines; Knowledge exchange; Research networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84859128564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-26     Document Type: Article

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