Powering Swiss health care for the future: implementation science to bridge “the valley of death”

Sabina De Geest; Franziska Zúñiga; Thekla Brunkert; Mieke Deschodt; Leah L. Zullig; Kaspar Wyss; Jürg Utzinger

doi:10.4414/smw.2020.20323

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Vol. 150 No. 3738 (2020)

Powering Swiss health care for the future: implementation science to bridge “the valley of death”

Sabina De Geest⁺⁻
Franziska Zúñiga⁺⁻
Thekla Brunkert⁺⁻
Mieke Deschodt⁺⁻
Leah L. Zullig⁺⁻
Kaspar Wyss⁺⁻
Jürg Utzinger⁺⁻

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20323
Published: 14.09.2020

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[1] Scheidegger D. Medizinischer Fortschritt: Warum verläuft dieTranslation biologischer Erkenntnisse in neue Therapien so schleppend? SAMW Bulletin. 2019;3:1–2.

[2] Health2030 – the Federal Council’s health policy strategy for the period 2020–2030. Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/strategie-und-politik/gesundheit-2030/gesundheitspolitische-strategie-2030.html [cited 2020 May 12].

[3] United Nations. About the sustainable development goals. Available from: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ [cited 2020 May 12].

[4] Vincent C, Staines A. Enhancing the Quality and Safety of Swiss Healthcare. Bern: Federal Office of Public Health. 2019.

[5] McGlynn EA, Asch SM, Adams J, Keesey J, Hicks J, DeCristofaro A, et al. The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2003;348(26):2635–45. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa022615

[6] Balas EA, Boren SA. Managing Clinical Knowledge for Health Care Improvement. Yearb Med Inform. 2000;09(1):65–70. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1637943

[7] Chalmers I, Glasziou P. Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence. Lancet. 2009;374(9683):86–9. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60329-9

[8] von Niederhäusern B, Magnin A, Pauli-Magnus C. The impact of clinical trial units on the value of clinical research in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14615. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14615

[9] Eccles MP, Mittman BS. Welcome to Implementation Science. Implement Sci. 2006;1(1):1. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-1-1

[10] Neta G, Brownson RC, Chambers DA. Opportunities for epidemiologists in implementation science: A primer. Am J Epidemiol. 2018;187(5):899–910. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx323