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Improving the implementation of evidence-based practice: a knowledge management perspective.

John Sandars1, Richard Heller

  • 1Evidence for Population Health Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. john.sandars@man.ac.uk

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
|May 26, 2006
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Knowledge management strategies from other industries can improve evidence-based practice in healthcare. Overcoming organizational barriers is key to leveraging knowledge management and communities of practice for healthcare innovation.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Organizational Learning
  • Knowledge Management

Background:

  • Healthcare organizations can benefit from knowledge management (KM) principles proven in non-health sectors.
  • KM provides a systematic approach to creating, storing, sharing, and applying organizational knowledge.
  • This encompasses both tacit (experiential) and explicit (documented) forms of knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the applicability of KM strategies from non-health care organizations to healthcare settings.
  • To highlight the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in integrating different knowledge types for evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation.
  • To identify organizational factors hindering KM and CoPs development in healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • Review of KM principles and their application in non-health care organizations.

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  • Analysis of the function of communities of practice (CoPs) in knowledge integration and organizational change.
  • Identification of common organizational barriers to KM and CoP implementation.

    • Main Results:

    • KM frameworks offer structured processes for knowledge generation, storage, distribution, and application.
    • Communities of practice are crucial for integrating tacit and explicit knowledge, facilitating change.
    • Organizational factors currently impede the full realization of KM and CoPs potential in healthcare.

    Conclusions:

    • Lessons from non-health KM initiatives can inform EBP implementation in healthcare.
    • Effective integration of tacit and explicit knowledge within CoPs is vital for healthcare improvement.
    • Addressing organizational barriers is essential to successfully adopt KM and CoPs in the healthcare sector.