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- Thomas J Van Hoof and Thomas P Meehan.
- University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, CT 06269-2026, USA. tom.vanhoof@uconn.edu
- Am J Med Qual. 2012 Nov 1; 27 (6): 467-71.
AbstractEducational outreach is a common quality improvement (QI) strategy used alone and in combination with other interventions. However, a meta-analysis of educational outreach has failed to identify reasons for variation in its impact. To better understand such variation in findings, a more comprehensive set of characteristics about educational outreach is needed. This article describes the contribution that diffusion of innovations theory and evidence-based continuing education practices can make toward standardizing a set of characteristics to guide QI and research efforts using educational outreach. The article offers a set of characteristics and describes the implications of the set for research and QI efforts.
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