Disseminating Evidence, Capstone Project Example

As this project is aimed towards changing best practice standards in hospitals across the nation, I plan to disseminate the study’s findings at three different levels. First, I plan to disseminate the findings to the hospital I work at in order to change current practice (Brenner & Hall, 2007): In addition, I will also present findings personally to department heads as the literature has identified changing doctors’ behavior as a key catalyst in this problem (Smith-Bindman et al., 2009). The results will not only be presented to hospital administration, but will also be presented to department heads, who in turn, will present results to doctors. Second, I  would seek to disseminate findings in two types of journals: 1) Hospital administration articles that focus on cutting costs and establishing best practices; 2) Radiology journals that focus on the excessive costs associated with CT scans. Third, I would present findings at conferences aimed at hospital administration education.  In particular, I would target publishing findings in Health Affairs magazine; Health Affairs is a prominent journal that is typically read by policymakers due to the attenuated and easy-to-read format to impact policy (Otten, 1992).

References:

Otten, A.L. (1992).The influence on the mass media on health policy. Health Affairs, 11(4), 111-118. 

Brenner, D &Hall, E (2007).Computed tomography- an increasing source of radiation exposure.New England Journal of Medicine.357 2277-2284.

Smith-Bindman R, Lipson J, Marcus R, et al. (2009).Radiation dose associated with common computed tomography examinations and the associated lifetime attributable risk of cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine.169 (22), 2078–86.