Implementation Science in Perioperative Care
- PMID: 29425593
- PMCID: PMC5828037
- DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2017.10.004
Implementation Science in Perioperative Care
Abstract
There is a 17-year gap between the initial publication of scientific evidence and its uptake into widespread practice in health care. The field of implementation science (IS) emerged in the 1990s as an answer to this "evidence-to-practice gap." In this article, we present an overview of implementation science, focusing on the application of IS principles to perioperative care. We describe opportunities for additional training and discuss strategies for funding and publishing IS work. The objective is to demonstrate how IS can improve perioperative patient care, while highlighting perioperative IS studies and identifying areas in need of additional investigation.
Keywords: Evidence-based practice; Evidence-practice gap; Implementation science; Perioperative research.
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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