OBJECTIVE: To design a functional, patient-centered model of patient complexity with
practical applicability to analytic design and clinical practice. Existing literature on patient …

This systematic review of mixed methods studies focuses on factors that can facilitate or limit
the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in clinical …

The role and merits of highly inductive research designs in qualitative health research are
well established, and there has been a powerful proliferation of grounded theory method in …

Background: In 2008, the English Department of Health appointed 16 'Integrated Care Pilots'
which used a range of approaches to provide better integrated care. We report qualitative …

The potential advantages of using the Internet to deliver self-care and behavior-change
programs are well recognized. An aging population combined with the increasing …

Care pathways are often said to promote interprofessional teamwork. As no systematic
review on pathway effectiveness has ever focused on how care pathways promote …

Background To investigate organisational factors influencing the implementation challenges
of redesigning services for people with long term conditions in three locations in England …

Background Although empirical and theoretical understanding of processes of
implementation in health care is advancing, translation of theory into structured measures …

The need for organizational innovation as a means of improving health-care quality and
containing costs is widely recognized, but while a growing body of research has improved …

Background Task-shifting is promoted widely as a mechanism for expanding antiretroviral
treatment (ART) access. However, the evidence for nurse-initiated and managed ART …