Griffith Institute of Health and Medical Research (and General Practice Queensland), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Health Inf Manag. 2010;39(2):9-17. doi: 10.1177/183335831003900203.
The translation of information into practice is a well-recognised challenge for the health sector. In the primary healthcare sector, the last decade has seen an explosion of information generated by health systems, universities and a range of other sources. Without a system for translating that knowledge into practice and sharing it in a comprehensible form, it will remain meaningless to most practitioners. We propose the establishment of Knowledge Networks as a promising method for supporting the rapid adoption and generation of health information within the primary health care sector to advance health care services. These networks will be particularly important to the implementation of the national reform agenda, responsive decision-making and the translation of new frameworks or competencies into practice. This paper describes how interdisciplinary Knowledge Networks could be established focusing on a number of priority health research areas. Local Knowledge Networks would be used as a platform to support a collaborative web of evidence designed to influence health policy and planning. Our experience with Knowledge Networks indicates that they must be comprised of health professionals from Divisions of General Practice, researchers, policy-makers, consumers, government and non-government sectors. This paper will describe these networks and show how they might support the translation of knowledge into practice, thus driving systematic and institutional change.
信息转化为实践是卫生部门面临的一个众所周知的挑战。在初级卫生保健部门，过去十年见证了卫生系统、大学和其他各种来源产生的信息的爆炸式增长。如果没有一个系统将这些知识转化为实践并以可理解的形式进行分享，那么对于大多数从业者来说，这些知识将毫无意义。我们提出建立知识网络作为一种有前途的方法，以支持初级卫生保健部门内快速采用和生成健康信息，从而推进卫生保健服务。这些网络对于实施国家改革议程、做出响应式决策以及将新框架或能力转化为实践将尤为重要。本文介绍了如何建立跨学科的知识网络，重点关注一些优先卫生研究领域。地方知识网络将被用作支持旨在影响卫生政策和规划的协作证据网络的平台。我们在知识网络方面的经验表明，它们必须由普通科医生、研究人员、决策者、消费者、政府和非政府部门的卫生专业人员组成。本文将描述这些网络，并展示它们如何支持知识转化为实践，从而推动系统和体制变革。
