Published in JAMA on March 12, 2008
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis. Intensive Care Med (2010) 4.64
The SQUIRE (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines for quality improvement reporting: explanation and elaboration. Qual Saf Health Care (2008) 4.59
How do you modernize a health service? A realist evaluation of whole-scale transformation in london. Milbank Q (2009) 3.13
Mixed method designs in implementation research. Adm Policy Ment Health (2011) 2.85
Large-system transformation in health care: a realist review. Milbank Q (2012) 2.64
Protocol--realist and meta-narrative evidence synthesis: evolving standards (RAMESES). BMC Med Res Methodol (2011) 2.41
Methods for evaluating practice change toward a patient-centered medical home. Ann Fam Med (2010) 2.41
Improving understanding in the research informed consent process: a systematic review of 54 interventions tested in randomized control trials. BMC Med Ethics (2013) 2.38
Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care. Implement Sci (2009) 2.26
Early intervention in psychosis: concepts, evidence and future directions. World Psychiatry (2008) 2.17
Improving the quality of care for infants: a cluster randomized controlled trial. CMAJ (2009) 1.93
Process evaluation in complex public health intervention studies: the need for guidance. J Epidemiol Community Health (2013) 1.68
Knowledge brokering: exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.60
The contribution of case study research to knowledge of how to improve quality of care. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.56
Knowledge Brokering: The missing link in the evidence to action chain? Evid Policy (2009) 1.51
Addressing core challenges for the next generation of type 2 translation research and systems: the translation science to population impact (TSci Impact) framework. Prev Sci (2013) 1.42
Quality Measurement in Wonderland: The Curious Case of a Dialysis Readmissions Measure. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2015) 1.41
Improving a mother to child HIV transmission programme through health system redesign: quality improvement, protocol adjustment and resource addition. PLoS One (2010) 1.39
A review of significant events analysed in general practice: implications for the quality and safety of patient care. BMC Fam Pract (2009) 1.32
What's in a mechanism? Development of a key concept in realist evaluation. Implement Sci (2015) 1.31
Design elements in implementation research: a structured review of child welfare and child mental health studies. Adm Policy Ment Health (2011) 1.29
Evaluation of a large scale implementation of disease management programmes in various Dutch regions: a study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.25
Enhancing implementation of tobacco use prevention and cessation counselling guideline among dental providers: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Implement Sci (2011) 1.22
Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices for child and adolescent mental health: a systematic review. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2013) 1.21
How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types. BMJ Qual Saf (2015) 1.19
A Systematic Review of Strategies for Implementing Empirically Supported Mental Health Interventions. Res Soc Work Pract (2014) 1.19
A thematic analysis of theoretical models for translational science in nursing: mapping the field. Nurs Outlook (2010) 1.16
Meeting global health challenges through operational research and management science. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.15
Separated at birth: statisticians, social scientists, and causality in health services research. Health Serv Res (2010) 1.13
A realist evaluation of the role of communities of practice in changing healthcare practice. Implement Sci (2011) 1.10
A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.08
How does capacity building of health managers work? A realist evaluation study protocol. BMJ Open (2012) 1.07
The effectiveness of chronic care management for heart failure: meta-regression analyses to explain the heterogeneity in outcomes. Health Serv Res (2012) 1.07
Applying quality improvement methods to implement a measurement system for chronic pain-related disability. J Pediatr Psychol (2009) 1.04
The impact of a national clinician-led audit initiative on care and mortality after hip fracture in England: an external evaluation using time trends in non-audit data. Med Care (2015) 1.03
Thromboprophylaxis only during hospitalisation in fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty, a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open (2013) 1.02
Conquering malaria: enhancing the impact of effective interventions towards elimination in the diverse and changing epidemiology. J Glob Infect Dis (2011) 0.97
Understanding the motivation and performance of community health volunteers involved in the delivery of health programmes in Kampala, Uganda: a realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open (2015) 0.96
Telecare for diabetes, CHF or COPD: effect on quality of life, hospital use and costs. A randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluation. PLoS One (2015) 0.96
Implementing health promotion in schools: protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK). Syst Rev (2012) 0.95
Searching the clinical fitness landscape. PLoS One (2012) 0.95
A cluster-randomized trial to improve stroke care in hospitals. Neurology (2010) 0.95
Clinical governance implementation in a selected teaching emergency department: a systems approach. Implement Sci (2012) 0.93
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Prenatal Care: Perinatal Outcomes Among Adolescents in New York City Health Centers. Am J Public Health (2015) 0.93
Quality improvement in emergency obstetric referrals: qualitative study of provider perspectives in Assin North district, Ghana. BMJ Open (2014) 0.93
A stakeholder-driven agenda for advancing the science and practice of scale-up and spread in health. Implement Sci (2012) 0.90
Balancing health care evidence and art to meet clinical needs: policymakers' perspectives. J Eval Clin Pract (2009) 0.90
Conducting rapid, relevant research: lessons learned from the My Own Health Report project. Am J Prev Med (2014) 0.89
QUERI and implementation research: emerging from adolescence into adulthood: QUERI Series. Implement Sci (2009) 0.89
Towards an organisation-wide process-oriented organisation of care: a literature review. Implement Sci (2011) 0.89
Narrative reviews. Epidemiol Health (2014) 0.89
Stirring up the mud: using a community-based participatory approach to address health disparities through a faith-based initiative. J Health Care Poor Underserved (2009) 0.88
The impact of care pathways for exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: rationale and design of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials (2010) 0.88
A qualitative study of contextual factors' impact on measures to reduce surgery cancellations. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.88
Mental health clinicians' experiences of implementing evidence-based treatments. J Evid Based Soc Work (2013) 0.88
"Arm in arm with righteousness". Philos Ethics Humanit Med (2015) 0.87
A mixed methods multiple case study of implementation as usual in children's social service organizations: study protocol. Implement Sci (2013) 0.87
Details behind the dots: How different intensive care units used common and contrasting methods to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia. BMJ Qual Improv Rep (2015) 0.86
Influence network linkages across implementation strategy conditions in a randomized controlled trial of two strategies for scaling up evidence-based practices in public youth-serving systems. Implement Sci (2013) 0.86
Developing the protocol for the evaluation of the health foundation's 'engaging with quality initiative' - an emergent approach. Implement Sci (2008) 0.86
The impact of care pathways for patients with proximal femur fracture: rationale and design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.86
Variations in institutional review board approval in the implementation of an improvement research study. Nurs Res Pract (2013) 0.84
Systems for Paediatric Sepsis: A Global Survey. West Indian Med J (2014) 0.84
Adopting best practices from team science in a healthcare improvement research network: the impact on dissemination and implementation. Nurs Res Pract (2013) 0.83
Impact of an electronic medical record-based clinical decision support tool for dysphagia screening on care quality. Stroke (2012) 0.83
Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom. Implement Sci (2015) 0.82
Qualitative and mixed methods in mental health services and implementation research. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol (2014) 0.82
Integrated Approach to Reduce Perinatal Adverse Events: Standardized Processes, Interdisciplinary Teamwork Training, and Performance Feedback. Health Serv Res (2016) 0.81
Implementation of integrated care for type 2 diabetes: a protocol for mixed methods research. Int J Integr Care (2014) 0.81
Framework for assessing quality of care for inflammatory bowel disease in Sweden. World J Gastroenterol (2012) 0.80
Improving evaluations of value-based purchasing programs. Health Serv Res (2010) 0.80
How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types. Postgrad Med J (2015) 0.79
Practice-tailored facilitation to improve pediatric preventive care delivery: a randomized trial. Pediatrics (2014) 0.79
Effects of care pathways on the in-hospital treatment of heart failure: a systematic review. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2012) 0.79
Multilevel Mechanisms of Implementation Strategies in Mental Health: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. Adm Policy Ment Health (2016) 0.79
Effect of introducing a care pathway to standardize treatment and nursing of schizophrenia. Community Ment Health J (2009) 0.78
How do third sector organisations use research and other knowledge? A systematic scoping review. Implement Sci (2015) 0.78
Protocol for an HTA report: Does therapeutic writing help people with long-term conditions? Systematic review, realist synthesis and economic modelling. BMJ Open (2014) 0.78
Differences in patient outcomes and chronic care management of oral anticoagulant therapy: an explorative study. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.78
Effectiveness of knowledge translation tools addressing multiple high-burden chronic diseases affecting older adults: protocol for a systematic review alongside a realist review. BMJ Open (2015) 0.78
Improving palliative care in selected settings in England using quality indicators: a realist evaluation. BMC Palliat Care (2016) 0.78
Profiling Patients' Healthcare Needs to Support Integrated, Person-Centered Models for Long-Term Disease Management (Profile): Research Design. Int J Integr Care (2016) 0.77
Using a positive deviance framework to identify Local Health Departments in Communities with exceptional maternal and child health outcomes: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.77
Implementation of integrated care for diabetes mellitus type 2 by two Dutch care groups: a case study. BMC Fam Pract (2015) 0.77
Do quality improvement collaboratives' educational components match the dominant learning style preferences of the participants? BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.77
Patients-people-place: developing a framework for researching organizational culture during health service redesign and change. Implement Sci (2014) 0.76
Context, mechanisms and outcomes of integrated care for diabetes mellitus type 2: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.76
The quest for sustained multiple morbidity reduction in very low-birth-weight infants: the Antifragility project. J Perinatol (2017) 0.75
Effective population management practices in diabetes care - an observational study. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.75
The science of quality improvement. JAMA (2008) 0.75
Averting an impending storm: can we reengineer health systems to meet the needs of aging populations? PLoS Med (2012) 0.75
The need for randomized trials in mesothelioma: let's walk the talk. Oncologist (2011) 0.75
Health policy: All-or-none compliance is the best determinant of quality of care. Nat Rev Urol (2010) 0.75
Connecting with decision makers: practical tips for research understanding and use. Ann Fam Med (2008) 0.75
Nondiagnostic conjunctival map biopsies for sebaceous carcinoma. Arch Ophthalmol (2009) 0.75
The science of quality improvement. JAMA (2008) 0.75
The science of quality improvement. JAMA (2008) 0.75
No respect: research in quality, safety, and process improvement. Perm J (2009) 0.75
A state-wide obstetric hemorrhage quality improvement initiative. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs (2011) 0.75