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The concepts of diffusion, dissemination, and implementation are distinguished as progressively more active steps in the process of flowing valid and reliable research information into clinical practice. Using a staged model of behavior change, diffusion is seen as a precursor for dissemination activities, which in turn "predispose" physicians to consider change in their practices. Local implementation activities capitalize on this by "enabling" and subsequently "reinforcing" the desired behavior change. Different skills are needed for each activity. Biomedical journals, with some improvements, are identified as diffusion agents. Collaboration between academics and medical organizations is best suited to the dissemination stage. Local agents, empowered by resources, are best equipped for implementation activities.

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb26351.x

Type

Conference paper

Publication Date

31/12/1993

Volume

703

Pages

226 - 235

Keywords

Communication Barriers, Decision Making, Delivery of Health Care, Health Policy, Health Services Research, Humans, Information Services, Interprofessional Relations, Learning, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Organizational Innovation, Periodicals as Topic, Physician's Role, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Reproducibility of Results