Implementation

Implementation is the process of promotion and uptake of health and social care, and public health interventions (treatments, services or diagnostics) that have proven effective in research into routine practice.

Implementation of research outputs is key to support the delivery of the ARC’s vision: ‘Improving people’s health, wellbeing and care, by working together with all involved in Oxford and the Thames Valley’

However, the process of implementation is not straightforward; what works for one research output in one setting, might not work for another. Implementing research outputs into the highly complex health and care system is what we call a non-linear process.

To help navigate this, we work closely with Oxford Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), who have extensive expertise in successful implementation, adoption and spread of evidence-based innovations within this system.

Additionally, the understanding of our local and regional priorities working with the Oxford AHSN brings, and being responsive to these priorities, is more likely to result in successful implementation.

Through this collaborative approach, we can provide implementation support to all ARC projects from development stage through to conclusion and final outputs, ensuring that the work we support has the best possible chance to make an impact in the shortest possible time.

To support us in achieving the above, we have developed an Implementation Strategy which contains four main pledges.

Click the button below to download the implementation strategy (.pdf).