Harnessing the Synergy Between Improvement Science and Implementation Science in Cancer: A Call to Action

Affiliations

¹ Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT; Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover; Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Cheltenham, PA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; and Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO.

Editorial

Bogda Koczwara et al. J Oncol Pract. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;14(6):335-340.

doi: 10.1200/JOP.17.00083. Epub 2018 May 14.

¹ Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill; Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT; Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover; Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Cheltenham, PA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; and Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO.

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