Identifying the conditions needed for integrated knowledge translation (IKT) in health care organizations: Qualitative interviews with researchers and research users

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gagliardi, Anna R ^a   Dobrow, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Health services research; Implementation science; Integrated knowledge translation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MONITORING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; COOPERATION; GROUP PRACTICE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84978200271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1533-0     Document Type: Article

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