Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 25 July 2018
- A systematic review to examine the effectiveness of interventions to enhance healthcare managers use of research evidence in practice identified seven, primarily qualitative, studies of varying quality (published to April 2016).
- Studies did not report efficacy of interventions or impacts of increasing managers’ use of research on staff or patient outcomes.
- Meta-synthesis yielded four contextual factors influencing the perceived effectiveness of interventions to enhance research use: organisational culture, competing priorities, time as a resource and capacity building.
