Acknowledgements |
|
viii | |
Foreword |
|
ix | |
How to read this book |
|
x | |
Summary overview |
|
1 | (19) |
|
|
20 | (12) |
|
What is diffusion of innovations theory? |
|
|
20 | (2) |
|
Why did the UK Department of Health want to research the diffusion of innovations? |
|
|
22 | (3) |
|
|
25 | (1) |
|
|
26 | (5) |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
|
32 | (16) |
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
|
35 | (2) |
|
|
37 | (1) |
|
|
38 | (2) |
|
|
40 | (2) |
|
Meta-narrative review: philosophical origins and links with other approaches to the synthesis of complex evidence |
|
|
42 | (6) |
|
|
48 | (35) |
|
The origins of diffusion of innovations research |
|
|
49 | (2) |
|
|
51 | (2) |
|
|
53 | (2) |
|
|
55 | (1) |
|
|
56 | (2) |
|
Limitations of early diffusion research |
|
|
58 | (2) |
|
|
60 | (2) |
|
|
62 | (2) |
|
Evidence-based medicine and guideline implementation |
|
|
64 | (2) |
|
Structural determinants of organisational innovativeness |
|
|
66 | (2) |
|
Studies of organisational process, context and culture |
|
|
68 | (2) |
|
Interorganisational studies: networks and influence |
|
|
70 | (1) |
|
Knowledge-based approaches to diffusion in organisations |
|
|
70 | (7) |
|
Narrative organisational studies |
|
|
77 | (2) |
|
Complexity and general systems theory |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
|
80 | (3) |
|
|
83 | (17) |
|
Background literature on attributes of innovations |
|
|
83 | (4) |
|
The Tornatzky and Klein meta-analysis of innovation attributes |
|
|
87 | (3) |
|
Empirical studies of innovation attributes |
|
|
90 | (4) |
|
Limitations of conventional attribution constructs for studying adoption in organisational settings |
|
|
94 | (3) |
|
Attributes of innovations in the organisational context |
|
|
97 | (3) |
|
|
100 | (14) |
|
Characteristics of adopters: background literature |
|
|
100 | (3) |
|
Adoption as a process: background literature |
|
|
103 | (3) |
|
Assimilation of innovations in organisations |
|
|
106 | (8) |
|
Diffusion and dissemination |
|
|
114 | (20) |
|
Communication and influence through interpersonal networks |
|
|
114 | (4) |
|
|
118 | (8) |
|
|
126 | (3) |
|
|
129 | (1) |
|
|
130 | (1) |
|
|
130 | (4) |
|
|
134 | (23) |
|
The inner context: background literature |
|
|
134 | (1) |
|
Organisational determinants of innovativeness: meta-analyses |
|
|
135 | (5) |
|
Organisational determinants of innovativeness: overview of primary studies in the service sector |
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
Empirical studies on organisational size |
|
|
141 | (5) |
|
Empirical studies on structural complexity |
|
|
146 | (2) |
|
Empirical studies on leadership and locus of decision-making |
|
|
148 | (2) |
|
Empirical studies on organisational climate and receptive context |
|
|
150 | (4) |
|
Empirical studies on supporting knowledge utilisation and manipulation |
|
|
154 | (3) |
|
|
157 | (18) |
|
Interorganisational influence through informal social networks |
|
|
157 | (6) |
|
Interorganisational influence through intentional spread strategies |
|
|
163 | (7) |
|
Empirical studies of environmental impact on organisational innovativeness |
|
|
170 | (2) |
|
Empirical studies of impact of politics and policymaking on organisational innovativeness |
|
|
172 | (3) |
|
Implementation and institutionalisation |
|
|
175 | (24) |
|
Overview of the implementation literature |
|
|
176 | (2) |
|
Measuring institutionalisation and related concepts |
|
|
178 | (2) |
|
Implementation and institutionalisation: systematic reviews and other high-quality overviews |
|
|
180 | (6) |
|
Empirical studies of interventions aimed at strengthening predisposition and capacity of the user system |
|
|
186 | (4) |
|
Empirical studies of interventions aimed at strengthening the resource system and change agency |
|
|
190 | (1) |
|
Empirical studies of linkage activities to support implementation |
|
|
191 | (4) |
|
Empirical studies that have investigated `whole-systems' approaches to implementation |
|
|
195 | (4) |
|
|
199 | (20) |
|
Developing and applying a unifying conceptual model |
|
|
199 | (3) |
|
Case study 1: integrated care pathways ('the steady success story') |
|
|
202 | (2) |
|
Case study 2: GP fundholding ('the clash') |
|
|
204 | (2) |
|
Case study 3: telemedicine ('the maverick initiative') |
|
|
206 | (2) |
|
Case study 4: the electronic health record ('the big roll-out') |
|
|
208 | (2) |
|
|
210 | (9) |
|
|
219 | (13) |
|
Overview and commentary on main findings |
|
|
219 | (1) |
|
A framework for applying the model in a service context |
|
|
220 | (5) |
|
Recommendations for further research |
|
|
225 | (6) |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
Appendix 1: Data extraction form |
|
|
232 | (2) |
|
Appendix 2: Critical appraisal checklists |
|
|
234 | (11) |
|
Box A.1 Quality checklist for experimental (randomised and non-randomised controlled trial) designs |
|
|
234 | (1) |
|
Box A.2 Quality checklist for quasi-experimental (interrupted time series) designs |
|
|
235 | (1) |
|
Box A.3 Quality checklist for attribution studies |
|
|
236 | (1) |
|
Box A.4 Quality checklist for questionnaire surveys |
|
|
237 | (1) |
|
Box A.5 Quality checklist for qualitative studies |
|
|
238 | (1) |
|
Box A.6 Quality checklist for mixed-methodology case studies and other in-depth complex designs |
|
|
239 | (1) |
|
Box A.7 Quality checklist for comparison of `real-world' implementation studies |
|
|
240 | (2) |
|
Box A.8 Quality checklist for action research designs |
|
|
242 | (3) |
|
Appendix 3: Descriptive statistics on included studies |
|
|
245 | (10) |
|
Table A.1 Main sources and yield of papers, books and book chapters |
|
|
247 | (1) |
|
Table A.2 Breakdown of studies included in the book |
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
Table A.3 Yield from hand search of journals |
|
|
249 | (3) |
|
Table A.4 Yield from search of electronic databases |
|
|
252 | (2) |
|
Table A.5 Yield from electronic citation tracking |
|
|
254 | (1) |
|
Appendix 4: Tables of included studies |
|
|
255 | (38) |
|
Table A.6 Narrative overviews used as key sources in this review |
|
|
255 | (2) |
|
Table A.7 Empirical studies of attributes of health care innovations in the organisational setting |
|
|
257 | (3) |
|
Table A.8 Empirical studies that focused on the process of adoption in health care organisations |
|
|
260 | (2) |
|
Table A.9 Network analyses of interpersonal influence in health care organisations |
|
|
262 | (1) |
|
Table A.10 Empirical studies of opinion leadership in health care organisations |
|
|
263 | (2) |
|
Table A.11 Controlled trials of opinion leaders as an intervention in health care organisations |
|
|
265 | (2) |
|
Table A.12 Empirical studies of impact of champions in health care organisations and selected other examples |
|
|
267 | (2) |
|
Table A.13 Meta-analyses that addressed the impact of the organisational context on adoption of innovations |
|
|
269 | (2) |
|
Table A.14 Empirical studies of `inner' context determinants of innovation in health care organisations and selected other examples |
|
|
271 | (3) |
|
Table A.15 Empirical studies from health care that looked at the organisational context for innovation from a knowledge utilisation perspective |
|
|
274 | (2) |
|
Table A.16 Empirical studies of informal inter-organisational influence amongst health care organisations and selected other examples |
|
|
276 | (2) |
|
Table A.17 Empirical studies on health care quality improvement collaboratives |
|
|
278 | (2) |
|
Table A.18 Empirical studies of impact of environmental factors on innovation in health care organisations and selected other examples |
|
|
280 | (3) |
|
Table A.19 Empirical studies of impact of political and policymaking forces on organisational innovation |
|
|
283 | (2) |
|
Table A.20 Systematic reviews relevant to the question of dissemination, implementation and sustainability of innovations in service delivery and organisation |
|
|
285 | (2) |
|
Table A.21 Surveys of perceptions about capacity or of association between capacity and implementation in health care organisations |
|
|
287 | (2) |
|
Table A.22 Empirical studies of interventions to enhance user system capacity in health care organisations |
|
|
289 | (2) |
|
Table A.23 `Whole-systems' approaches to implementation and sustainability of innovations in health care organisations and selected other examples |
|
|
291 | (2) |
Glossary |
|
293 | (3) |
References |
|
296 | (17) |
Index |
|
313 | |