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Editorial
. 2020 Jun 8;15(1):42.
doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01006-x.

Implementation science in times of Covid-19

Michel Wensing  1   2 , Anne Sales  3   4 , Rebecca Armstrong  5 , Paul Wilson  6   7
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Editorial

Implementation science in times of Covid-19

Michel Wensing et al. Implement Sci. .

Abstract

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 affects all of us and is associated with rapid and massive changes in healthcare and societies. As a response, a range of interventions for patients and populations have been implemented in health and preventive settings, or need to be implemented in the short and long term. Implementation science offers a multidisciplinary perspective and systematic approach for the design, evaluation and analysis of programmes and policies to enhance implementation. The emergence of Covid-19 provides an urgent need to develop new perspectives and approaches in implementation science, such as the addition of innovative and rigorous approaches to the collection, use and analysis of 'real-world' data. Above all, we hope that implementation scientists will focus on what they can contribute to manage Covid-19 and its consequences for people, healthcare and society.

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Conflict of interest statement

Michel Wensing and Paul Wilson are Editors-in-Chief of Implementation Science. Anne Sales and Rebecca Armstrong are Editors-in-Chief of Implementation Science Communications.

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