The advent of Global Health: Science and Practice is one manifestation of this growing interest in producing and disseminating practice-oriented knowledge and experience.
If this is considered to be a cost-effective use of resources, the care pathways should be investigated with a view to disseminating practice at hospital A to the other hospitals.
Starfield et al. [ 30] have argued that disseminating practice in this area remains a 'worldwide challenge' while Gilbert et al. [ 31] feel that the high level of professional autonomy within primary care impedes the achievement of large-scale change.
We believe that Internet technology is a powerful medium to reach physicians of different horizons in their own environment, and could prove to be an effective research tool to disseminate practice guidelines and evaluate their appropriateness.
One strategy to disseminate practice-oriented interventions is academic detailing (AD), a method that transfers knowledge or methods to physicians, nurses or office staff through the visit(s) of a trained educator.
The emergence of translational science highlights the unifying framework that bridges the continuum of knowledge creation and deployment, converting fundamental discoveries to human application, advancing the information into clinical practice, disseminating best clinical practices into communities and, ultimately, modifying the behavior of populations to improve global health[4].
(The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, the first national organization dedicated to this goal — founded by Shander, Goodnough, and others — has played a key role in disseminating best practices regarding patients' blood).
In addition, government agencies are now working together and coordinating resources in developing and disseminating best practices on dementia care to health care professionals and family caregivers.
Government must also play an active role in disseminating green practices to urban small businesses.
As sexual-orientation-based claims have risen in recent years, the UNHCR has prioritized sensitivity training and disseminating best practices on how to engage with LGBTQ refuge seekers.
