title: It Takes Two to Tango: Researchers and Decision-Makers Collaborating to Implement Practice Changes for Patients with Multimorbidity.
abstract: An integrated knowledge translation strategy is a key factor in fostering the implementation of practice changes. Building on a 15-year history of projects that include close collaboration between researchers and decision-makers in the Saguenay region of Quebec (Canada), the authors identify several key elements that resulted in practice changes in primary care and improved outcomes for patients with multimorbidity.
authors.affiliation: Professor in the Family Medicine Department at the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC. He also holds an appointment at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, QC.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.affiliation: Présidente-directrice générale of the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, QC.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.affiliation: Adjunct professor in the Family Medicine Department at the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC. He also holds an appointment at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, QC.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bouhali
authors.affiliation: Directeur général adjoint à la retraite - Affaires cliniques, CHUM, QC.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.affiliation: Distinguished university professor in the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, ON.
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011792:Quebec; D012648:Self Care