Finding Joy in the Practice of Implementation Science: What Can We Learn from a Negative Study?

Affiliations

¹ University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA. Lisar@RAND.Org.

Editorial

Lisa V Rubenstein. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;34(1):9-11.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4715-0.

¹ University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA. Lisar@RAND.Org.

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Aiming to Improve Readmissions Through InteGrated Hospital Transitions (AIRTIGHT): a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.
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