title: Implementation of evidence-based practices in the context of a redevelopment project in a Canadian healthcare organization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The recent introduction of a project management office (PMO) in a major healthcare center, led by a nurse, provides a unique opportunity to understand how a PMO facilitates successful implementation of evidence-based practices in care delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case study with embedded units (individuals, projects, and organization). In this study, the case is operationally defined as the PMO deployed in a Canadian healthcare center.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sources of evidence used in this study were diverse. They consisted of 38 individual interviews, internal documents, and administrative data. The data were collected from March 2009 to November 2011. Content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PMO experts help improve practices, and the patients thus receive safer and better quality care. Several participants point out that they could not make the changes without the PMO's support. They mention that they succeeded in changing their practices based on the evidence and acquired knowledge of change management with the PMO members that can be transferred to their practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the leadership of the nurse director of the PMO, members provide a range of expertise and fields in evidence-based change management, project management, and evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PMO facilitates the implementation of clinical and organizational practices based on evidence to improve the quality and safety of care provided to patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Nurse Scientist McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lavoie-Tremblay
authors.forename: Marie-Claire
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Richer
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchionni
authors.forename: Guylaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cyr
authors.forename: Alain D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: Arielle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonneville-Roussy
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vézina
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011792:Quebec