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Zoe Keep 

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Re:Topic 7 DQ 1

An important piece of implementing evidence based projects is how the information will be disseminated out. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) states, “the targeted distribution of information and intervention materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience. The intent is to spread knowledge and the associated evidence-based interventions” (AHRQ, 2012). It will be important to disseminate information internally and externally to achieve better implementation of the evidence based project. To disseminate information internally I will talk to the manager of the cardiac unit and discuss the implementation of the project. This will include hand-outs of information pertaining to the project and data related to the project. The communication will be focused and presented in an open manner when the manager can ask questions and discus their thoughts regarding the project. An external method for disseminating the project information will be to present it to a group of physicians in outpatient clinics where heart failure patients follow up. They will need to be informed of the project due to their participation in the care following discharge from the hospital. The communication will be similar to presenting it to managers with in the hospital setting. The importance of dissemination is stated well by Walsh, “Dissemination and use is as complex and fluctuating as the healthcare provision it is intended to support. Clinicians, organizations and government policy need to ensure that these complexities are accounted for in the policy developments they make to improve the quality of healthcare provision” (Walsh, 2010). It is important for nurses to consider this information when implementing new evidence based projects.

 

Reference:

N.A. (2012). Communication and Dissemination Strategies to Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved from: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/medical-evidence-communication/research-protocol

 

Walsh, N. (2010). Dissemination of evidence into practice: opportunities and threats. Primary Health Care, 20(3), 26-30. Retrieved from: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=7b0406e7-c059-460d-910a-792d935645e2%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=105179811&db=ccm