Implementation science: understanding the translation of evidence into practice.
This editorial summarises what is known about accelerating the transfer of discoveries in the health sciences into implementation in routine clinical practice. Three phases are described: adoption in principle, early implementation, and persistence of implementation. Facilitators and barriers to the implementation across these phases are discussed.
Michele
M
Tansella
Graham
G
Thornicroft
D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans