Healthcare Knowledge Utilization Quiz

Study Notes

Knowledge Utilization and Spreading Knowledge in Healthcare

Knowledge Utilization (KU) involves cognitive processes susceptible to bias, where research findings consistent with expectations are accepted, and inconsistent findings are challenged and disregarded.
KU is a social process and is more successful with positive social interaction between communities, emphasizing the importance of face-to-face contact.
A study in Canada found that between 9,250 to 23,750 deaths occurred due to preventable Adverse Events in acute care hospitals in 2000, highlighting the need for a safety culture in healthcare.
Sensitively delivered training initiatives for nurse leaders and organizational leadership support are critical for fostering a culture of safety in healthcare.
The study suggests that early and sustained interaction can be expensive and onerous, and decision maker involvement may be most appropriate at the interpretation and dissemination stage in some cases.
Community-Based Research is community-situated, collaborative, and action-oriented, focusing on practical relevance to the community and promoting social equity.
The major barriers to Knowledge Utilization include traditions of autonomy, politics, values, competing priorities, and lack of knowledge of what and how to change in clinical, policy, and organizational arenas.
Social network analysis and diffusion of innovation models, such as Roger's model, can be useful for spreading evidence-based innovations in healthcare.
Social network analysis explores patterns of interaction among individuals and organizations and identifies influential individuals and sites to target for future interventions.
Diffusion of innovations can take a long time, especially if left to passive processes, and initial learning about an innovation usually comes through impersonal communication channels.
Decision to adopt an innovation is largely determined by discovering what credible others have done and what they think about the innovation in question, as per Rogers' model.
The text emphasizes the importance of interaction, social processes, and community involvement in knowledge utilization and spreading knowledge in healthcare, highlighting the need for effective communication and collaboration in the healthcare system.