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Review
. 2018 Mar;36(1):1-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2017.10.004.

Implementation Science in Perioperative Care

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Implementation Science in Perioperative Care

Meghan B Lane-Fall et al. Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Mar.

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.

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