Designed for Translation

“In the past, our key dissemination strategy was hope: I hope if you learn about it, you will pick it up,” Dr. Brady said. She pointed out that dissemination by diffusion is a very slow process, and to speed up adoption, researchers must consciously move interventions into the community, paying attention to support structures, an iterative evaluation and feedback process, and commitment to translation.

Gretchen Henkel is reporting on the 2008 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting for The Rheumatologist.

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