Citation

Dulko D. Worldviews Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 4(4): 200-209.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Sigma Theta Tau International, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-6787.2007.00098.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background: The transfer of research evidence into practice and changing provider behavior is challenging, even when the advantages are strong. Despite the availability of supportive care clinical practice guidelines (CPG), consistent integration of these principles into practice has not been achieved. The failure of dissemination strategies has been identified as a key barrier to successful implementation. A potentially effective approach to facilitating the transfer of research evidence into practice is audit and feedback. Audit and feedback is a summary of provider performance over a specified period of time, with or without recommendations to improve practice.