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- B A Collins, J W Hawks, and R Davis.
- Comsort, Hunt Valley, Md., USA.
- Manag Care. 2000 Jul 1;9(7):56-8, 61-2.
AbstractDiffusion of Innovations and Opinion Leader theories can be translated into practical applications to improve health care delivery and financial performance by applying them to influence referral patterns and decrease variations in care. Health care organizations can rapidly spread "better practices" to their practicing physicians by understanding the social and communication networks that are naturally developed by those practitioners. Physicians view this diffusion process as promoting autonomy, and as a legitimate approach to adoption of information needed in daily practice.
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