Health Systems Science

Harvard HMS

Summary: The highest quality of care can be described as providing the “right care at the right time, to the right patient.” Newer perspectives may reframe this as “the right care at the right time delivered to all patients.” Evidence based care has become the cornerstone of clinical care but researchers have noticed a gap where best practices do not always translate to improved care at the bedside and this can lead to disparities. Implementation science provides insight into why some…