Organizational adaptation: bridging the research to practice gap.
Currently, the children's mental health system appears dysfunctional and in need of serious attention. A possible remedy for this disarray would be for researchers and providers to establish integrated management systems which include mutual, cross organizational learning, and reciprocal feedback mechanisms. This type of adaptive co-management to organizational governance would fully integrate research and practice at the community level. Using a public health service model, this organizational management approach to research and practice would harvest diverse scientific knowledge and disseminate that knowledge through the natural occurring culture and practice of each community. Organizational and clinical knowledge acquisition, as well as practice improvements would necessarily occur over time and across institutions.
OMNI Behavioral Health and Northcentral University, 5115 F Street, Omaha, NE 68117-2807, USA. breay@omnibehavioralhealth.com
William E
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Reay
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States