title: Collaborative practice: a strategy to improve the relevance of health services research.
abstract: Health services research has emerged as a tool for decision makers to make services more effective and efficient. While its value as a basis for decision making is well established, the incorporation of such evidence into decision making remains inconsistent. To this end, strengthening collaborative relationships between researchers and healthcare decision makers has been identified as a significant strategy for putting research evidence into practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brazil
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guest
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques