Diffusion of Innovations in Health Service Organisations

Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Health Care, University College London, UK

• Summary overview. Chapter 1 Introduction.Chapter 2 Method.Chapter 3 Research Traditions.Chapter 4 Innovations.Chapter 5 Adopters and Adoption.Chapter 6 Diffusion and Dissemination.Chapter 7 The Inner Context.Chapter 8 The Outer Context.Chapter 9 Implementation and Institutionalization.Chapter 10 Case Studies.Chapter 11 Discussion.Appendix 1 Data Extraction Form.Appendix 2 Quality Checklists.Appendix 3 Descriptive Statistics on Included Studies.Appendix 4 Tables of Included Studies

‘This book is a towering work of remarkable scholarship. It bathes in light what was previously a shadowland of opacity, misconception, theory-hopping and misplaced enthusiasm.’Sir Liam DonaldsonChief Medical Officer