What supports do health system organizations have in place to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making? A qualitative study

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ellen, Moriah Ellen ^a,b,c,d   Léon, Gregory ^e   Bouchard, Gisèle ^e   Lavis, John N ^a,b,f,g   Ouimet, Mathieu ^e,h   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ⁱ  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Israel Center for Health Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS; QUEBEC; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 84881053428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-84     Document Type: Article

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