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Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: Systematic review and recommendations
Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O.  Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: Systematic review and recommendations.  The Milbank Quarterly. 2004;82(4):581-629.

This article summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question of how health care organizations can sustain and spread innovations.  It discusses an evidence-based model for diffusion of innovation within health service organizations, clear knowledge gaps where future research should be focused, and a methodology for reviewing health service policy and management.

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