Abstract
The focus of this chapter is to explore the policy and practice implications arising from research into the diffusion of innovations into use in health care. The empirical data upon which the discussion is founded thus focuses on the latter stages of the innovation process. Here, the practitioners in health care, many of whom are highly qualified clinical professionals, decide whether to accept evidence of an efficacious new intervention, whether drug, technology or service delivery process, and adopt it in their practice.
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Fitzgerald, L., Dopson, S., Ferlie, E., Locock, L. (2008). Knowledge to Action? The Implications for Policy and Practice of Research on Innovation Processes. In: McKee, L., Ferlie, E., Hyde, P. (eds) Organizing and Reorganizing. Organizational Behaviour in Health Care. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230583207_14
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