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Implementation Science (IS) is the study and application of strategies that facilitate the adoption of evidence-based practice and research into regular use. IS helps Military Health System organizations to move medical research and leading practices into broad-based clinical practice and supports Defense Health Agency priorities focused on outcomes, readiness, and satisfied patients.
The Defense Health Agency's Implementation Science Branch (ISB) is a support function within the Research & Engineering Directorate with a mission to transition mature, priority research into practice. By executing carefully selected and operationalized strategies via hands-on consultative partnerships, the ISB aims to increase adoption of evidence-based best practices and improve health outcomes. The IS team has supported several successful implementation efforts, including the Postpartum Hemorrhage Bundle Campaign and the Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program. Implementation science is used widely across federal health care organizations, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Cancer Institute.
Download the Implementation Science Branch Fact Sheet.
Read about successful implementation efforts, described on the IS success stories page.
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Aug 23, 2023
New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of awareness, lack of training and implementation support, and a reluctance to doing things differently than in the past—to name a few. Even mandates to adopt a certain new service or practice may not overcome some ...
Fact Sheet
Jun 30, 2023
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Describes the Implementation Science Branch mission to transition mature, prioritized, evidence-based research into practice to optimize impact, includes a graphic of phases and key activities, and provides examples of the branch’s work.
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Last Updated: August 03, 2023