Jeremy M Grimshaw, Martin P Eccles
healthcare has largely depended on publication of research in peer-reviewed journals and on continuing medical education programs. However, the effectiveness of these approaches has been questioned....
Taljaard, Monica, McGowan, Jessie, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Brehaut, Jamie C, McRae, Andrew, Eccles, Martin P, ...
Abstract Background Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) present unique methodological and ethical challenges. Researchers conducting systematic reviews of CRTs (e.g., addressing methodological or...
Davies, Philippa, Walker, Anne E, Grimshaw, Jeremy M
Abstract Background There is growing interest in the use of cognitive, behavioural, and organisational theories in implementation research. However, the extent of use of theory in implementation...
Anne E Walker, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Anne E Walker, Jeremy M Grimshaw
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Clinical Evidence Knowledge Utilization Behaviour Evaluation) – (2009)
Lorenzo Moja, Ivan Moschetti, Michela Cinquini, Valeria Sala, Anna Compagnoni, Piergiorgio Duca, ...
Clinical evidence continuous medical education: a randomised educational trial of an open access e-learning program for transferring evidence-based information – ICEKUBE (Italian
Implementation Science BioMed Central (2009)
Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Marie Johnston, Nick Steen, Nigel B Pitts, Ruth Thomas, ...
Research article Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics
Francis, Jill J, Tinmouth, Alan, Stanworth, Simon J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Hyde, Chris, ...
Abstract Background Blood transfusion is an essential part of healthcare and can improve patient outcomes. However, like most therapies, it is also associated with significant clinical risks. In...
Taljaard, Monica, Weijer, Charles, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Belle Brown, Judith, Binik, Ariella, Boruch, Robert, ...
Abstract Background Cluster randomized trials are an increasingly important methodological tool in health research. In cluster randomized trials, intact social units or groups of individuals, such as...
Moja, Lorenzo P, Moschetti, Ivan, Nurbhai, Munira, Compagnoni, Anna, Liberati, Alessandro, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, ...
Abstract Background Since September 2005 the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has required that trials be registered in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) minimum...
Michie, Susan, Fixsen, Dean, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P
Abstract Complex behaviour change interventions are not well described; when they are described, the terminology used is inconsistent. This constrains scientific replication, and limits the...
Gagliardi, Anna R, Brouwers, Melissa C, Palda, Valerie A, Lemieux-Charles, Louise, Grimshaw, Jeremy M
Abstract Background Practice guidelines can improve health care delivery and outcomes but several issues challenge guideline adoption, including their intrinsic attributes, and whether and how they...
Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: A systematic review (2009)
Li, Linda C, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Nielsen, Camilla, Judd, Maria, Coyte, Peter C, Graham, Ian D
Abstract Background Since being identified as a concept for understanding knowledge sharing, management, and creation, communities of practice (CoPs) have become increasingly popular within the...
Eccles, Martin P, Hawthorne, Gillian, Johnston, Marie, Hunter, Margaret, Steen, Nick, Francis, Jill, ...
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly prevalent chronic illness and is an important cause of avoidable mortality. Patients are managed by the integrated activities of clinical and...
Evolution of Wenger's concept of community of practice (2009)
Li, Linda C, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Nielsen, Camilla, Judd, Maria, Coyte, Peter C, Graham, Ian D
Abstract Background In the experience of health professionals, it appears that interacting with peers in the workplace fosters learning and information sharing. Informal groups and networks present...
Hutton, Jane L, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M
Abstract Background Improved quality of care is a policy objective of health care systems around the world. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake...
Hutton, Jane L., Eccles, Martin P., Grimshaw, Jeremy M.
Background: Improved quality of care is a policy objective of health care systems around the world. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of...
Francis, Jillian J, Eccles, Martin P, Johnston, Marie, Whitty, Paula, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Kaner, Eileen FS, ...
Abstract Background The results of randomised controlled trials can be usefully illuminated by studies of the processes by which they achieve their effects. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)...
Moja, Lorenzo, Moschetti, Ivan, Cinquini, Michela, Sala, Valeria, Compagnoni, Anna, Duca, Piergiorgio, ...
Abstract Background In an effort to ensure that all physicians have access to valid and reliable evidence on drug effectiveness, the Italian Drug Agency sponsored a free-access e-learning system,...
McKenzie, Joanne E, French, Simon D, O'Connor, Denise A, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Mortimer, Duncan, Michie, Susan, ...
Abstract Background Evidence generated from reliable research is not frequently implemented into clinical practice. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are a potential vehicle to achieve...
Implementation Science BioMed Central (2008)
Jillian J Francis, Martin P Eccles, Marie Johnston, Paula Whitty, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Eileen Fs Kaner, ...
Research article Explaining the effects of an intervention designed to promote evidence-based diabetes care: a theory-based process evaluation of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Francis, Jillian J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Eccles, Martin P, Shiller, Susan, Godin, Gaston, ...
Abstract Background A challenge for implementation researchers is to develop principles that could generate testable hypotheses that apply across a range of clinical contexts, thus leading to...
Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Tetroe, Jacqueline M, Godin, Gaston, Graham, Ian D, Lemyre, Louise, ...
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials of implementation strategies tell us whether (or not) an intervention results in changes in professional behaviour but little about the causal...
Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Steen, Nick, Pitts, Nigel B, Thomas, Ruth, ...
Abstract Background Psychological models can be used to understand and predict behaviour in a wide range of settings. However, they have not been consistently applied to health professional...
A cluster randomised controlled trial of educational prompts in diabetes care: study protocol (2007)
Foy, Robbie, Hawthorne, Gillian, Gibb, Ian, Eccles, Martin P, Steen, Nick, Hrisos, Susan, ...
Abstract Background Laboratory services have a central role in supporting screening, diagnosis, and management of patients. The increase in chronic disease management in primary care for conditions...
Eccles, Martin P, Whitty, Paula M, Speed, Chris, Steen, Ian N, Vanoli, Alessandra, Hawthorne, Gillian C, ...
Abstract Background Following the introduction of a computerised diabetes register in part of the northeast of England, care initially improved but then plateaued. We therefore enhanced the existing...
Shea, Beverley J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Wells, George A, Boers, Maarten, Andersson, Neil, Hamel, Candyce, ...
Abstract Background Our objective was to develop an instrument to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews, building upon previous tools, empirical evidence and expert consensus....
BMC Medical Research Methodology (2007)
Biomed Central, Beverley J Shea, Jeremy M Grimshaw, George A Wells, Maarten Boers, Neil Andersson, ...
Research article Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews? (2006)
Shea, Beverley, Boers, Maarten, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Hamel, Candyce, Bouter, Lex M
Abstract Background Systematic reviews (SRs) must be of high quality. The purpose of our research was to compare the methodological and reporting quality of original versus updated Cochrane SRs to...
Altman, Douglas G, Furberg, Curt D, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Rothwell, Peter M
Abstract This editorial introduces the new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal Trials . The journal considers manuscripts on any aspect of the design, performance, and findings of randomised...
Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P, Greener, Jenny, Maclennan, Graeme, Ibbotson, Tracy, Kahan, James P, ...
Abstract Background There is only limited empirical evidence about the effectiveness of opinion leaders as health care change agents. Aim To test the feasibility of identifying, and the...
Campbell, Marion K, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Elbourne, Diana R
Abstract Background Increasingly, researchers are recognizing that there are many situations where the use of a cluster randomized trial may be more appropriate than an individually randomized trial....
BMC Medical Research Methodology (2004)
Biomed Central, Marion K Campbell, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Diana R Elbourne
Research article Intracluster correlation coefficients in cluster randomized trials: empirical insights into how should they be reported
The prevalence of prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis in acute hospital trusts (2001)
Campbell, Susan E., Walker, Anne E., Grimshaw, Jeremy M., Campbell, Marion K., Lowe, Gordon D. O., Harper, Douglas, ...
Objective. The effectiveness of activities to promote routine prophylaxis to prevent thromboembolism is difficult to assess because information about the prevalence of prophylaxis is sparse. The aim...
A systematic review of discharge coding accuracy (2001)
Campbell, Susan E., Campbell, Marion K., Grimshaw, Jeremy M., Walker, Anne E.
Background The aim of the study was to review systematically the literature measuring the accuracy of routine UK hospital statistics that classify patients on discharge. Methods A systematic review...
Ramsay, Craig R., Campbell, Marion K., Cantarovich, Diego, Catto, Graeme, Cody, June, Daly, Conal, ...
Background. There are wide national and international variations in the management of patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study was to develop, harmonize,...
Analysis of cluster randomized trials in primary care: a practical approach (2000)
Campbell, Marion K, Mollison, Jill, Steen, Nick, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin
Background. Cluster randomized trials increasingly are being used in health services research and in primary care, yet the majority of these trials do not account appropriately for the clustering in...
Cardiac rehabilitation in Scotland: is current provision satisfactory? (1996)
Campbell, Neil C., Grimshaw, Jeremy M., Rawles, John M., Ritchie, Lewis D.
Background Cardiac rehabilitation is an effective intervention, lowering mortality following myocardial infarction and reducing morbidity in patients with coronary heart disease. However, its level...
The Canadian Stroke Quality of Care Study: establishing indicators for optimal acute stroke care
Lindsay, M. Patrice, Kapral, Moira K., Gladstone, David, Holloway, Robert, Tu, Jack V., Laupacis, Andreas, ...
Analysis did not account for cluster randomisation
Maclennan, Graeme, Ramsay, Craig, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Campbell, Marion K
When should clinical guidelines be updated?
Shekelle, Paul, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Woolf, Steven H
Unit of analysis errors should be clarified in meta-analyses
Thomas, Ruth E, Ramsay, Craig R, McAuley, Laura, Grimshaw, Jeremy M
Altman, Douglas G, Furberg, Curt D, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Rothwell, Peter M
This editorial introduces the new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal Trials. The journal considers manuscripts on any aspect of the design, performance, and findings of randomised controlled...
Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P, Greener, Jenny, Maclennan, Graeme, Ibbotson, Tracy, Kahan, James P, ...
Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews?
Shea, Beverley, Boers, Maarten, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Hamel, Candyce, Bouter, Lex M
The Canadian Stroke Quality of Care Study: establishing indicators for optimal acute stroke care
Lindsay, M. Patrice, Kapral, Moira K., Gladstone, David, Holloway, Robert, Tu, Jack V., Laupacis, Andreas, ...
Analysis did not account for cluster randomisation
Maclennan, Graeme, Ramsay, Craig, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Campbell, Marion K
When should clinical guidelines be updated?
Shekelle, Paul, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Woolf, Steven H
Unit of analysis errors should be clarified in meta-analyses
Thomas, Ruth E, Ramsay, Craig R, McAuley, Laura, Grimshaw, Jeremy M
Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P, Greener, Jenny, Maclennan, Graeme, Ibbotson, Tracy, Kahan, James P, ...
Altman, Douglas G, Furberg, Curt D, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Rothwell, Peter M
This editorial introduces the new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal Trials. The journal considers manuscripts on any aspect of the design, performance, and findings of randomised controlled...
Does updating improve the methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews?
Shea, Beverley, Boers, Maarten, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Hamel, Candyce, Bouter, Lex M
Eccles, Martin P, Whitty, Paula M, Speed, Chris, Steen, Ian N, Vanoli, Alessandra, Hawthorne, Gillian C, ...
Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
Shea, Beverley J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Wells, George A, Boers, Maarten, Andersson, Neil, Hamel, Candyce, ...
A cluster randomised controlled trial of educational prompts in diabetes care: study protocol
Foy, Robbie, Hawthorne, Gillian, Gibb, Ian, Eccles, Martin P, Steen, Nick, Hrisos, Susan, ...
Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Steen, Nick, Pitts, Nigel B, Thomas, Ruth, ...
External Validation of a Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR)
Shea, Beverley J., Bouter, Lex M., Peterson, Joan, Boers, Maarten, Andersson, Neil, Ortiz, Zulma, ...
Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Tetroe, Jacqueline M, Godin, Gaston, Graham, Ian D, Lemyre, Louise, ...
Francis, Jillian J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Eccles, Martin P, Shiller, Susan, Godin, Gaston, ...
McKenzie, Joanne E, French, Simon D, O'Connor, Denise A, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Mortimer, Duncan, Michie, Susan, ...
Moja, Lorenzo, Moschetti, Ivan, Cinquini, Michela, Sala, Valeria, Compagnoni, Anna, Duca, Piergiorgio, ...
Francis, Jillian J, Eccles, Martin P, Johnston, Marie, Whitty, Paula, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Kaner, Eileen FS, ...
Evolution of Wenger's concept of community of practice
Li, Linda C, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Nielsen, Camilla, Judd, Maria, Coyte, Peter C, Graham, Ian D
Eccles, Martin P, Hawthorne, Gillian, Johnston, Marie, Hunter, Margaret, Steen, Nick, Francis, Jill, ...
Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: A systematic review
Li, Linda C, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Nielsen, Camilla, Judd, Maria, Coyte, Peter C, Graham, Ian D
Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
Michie, Susan, Fixsen, Dean, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P
Complex behaviour change interventions are not well described; when they are described, the terminology used is inconsistent. This constrains scientific replication, and limits the subsequent...
Taljaard, Monica, Weijer, Charles, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Belle Brown, Judith, Binik, Ariella, Boruch, Robert, ...
Moja, Lorenzo P, Moschetti, Ivan, Nurbhai, Munira, Compagnoni, Anna, Liberati, Alessandro, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, ...
Francis, Jill J, Tinmouth, Alan, Stanworth, Simon J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Hyde, Chris, ...