Jeremy Grimshaw - ICEBeRG / GReBECI

Biography

Dr. Grimshaw is the Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Program of the Ottawa Health Research Institute and Director of the Centre for Best Practice, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. He holds a Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and Uptake and is a Full Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa. Dr. Grimshaw received a MBChB (MD equivalent) from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He trained as a family physician prior to undertaking a PhD in health services research at the University of Aberdeen. He moved to Canada in 2002.

His research focuses on the evaluation of interventions to disseminate and implement evidence based practice. He is the Director of the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre. He is the Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care (EPOC) group and he has been involved in a series of systematic reviews of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies. He has been involved in over 20 cluster randomized trials of different dissemination and implementation strategies conducted in a wide range of settings (including community pharmacy settings, family medicine settings and secondary and tertiary care level settings) and have evaluated a wide range of interventions (for example, educational meetings, educational outreach, organizational interventions, computerized guidelines) relating to a wide range of behaviors. He has also undertaken research into statistical issues in the design, conduct and analysis of cluster randomized trials. More recently his research has focused on assessing the applicability of behavioral theories to health care professional and organizational behavior. He has over 160 peer reviewed publications and 35 monographs and book chapters.

Foy R, Walker A, Ramsay C, Penney G, Grimshaw J, Francis JJ. Theory-based identification of barriers to quality improvement: induced abortion care. International Journal of Quality in Health Care (in press)

Whitty P, Eccles MP, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Vanoli A, Grimshaw JM, Wood L, Speed C, McDowell D. Improving services for people with diabetes: lessons from setting up the DREAM Trial. 2004. Practical Diabetes International. In press.

Walker A, Watson M, Grimshaw J, Bond C. Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to pharmacists’ beliefs and intentions about the treatment of vaginal candidiasis with non-prescription medicines. Family Practice (accepted for publication).

Grimshaw JM , Winkens RAG, Shirran L, Cunningham C, Mayhew A, Thomas R, Fraser C. Interventions to improve outpatient referrals from primary care to secondary care (Review). The Cochrane Collaboration, The Cochrane Library. 2005; 3

Eccles M, Grimshaw J Foy R. “Disseminating and implementing evidence-based practice”, in Clinical Governance in Primary Care (2 nd Edition) Van Zwanengerg T, Harrison J. Oxford (Eds). 2004. Radcliffe Medical Press, pp.75-87.

Grimshaw J, Mcauley M, Bero L, Grilli R, Oxman A, Ramsay C, Vale L, Zwarenstein M. “Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes”, in Quality Improvement Research, Understanding the Science of Change in Health Care, Grol R, Baker R, Moss F (Eds.). 2004. BMJ Publishing Group, pp.79-96.

Eccles M, Grimshaw J, Walker A, Johnston M, Pitts N. Changing the behaviour of healthcare professionals: the use of theory in promoting the uptake of research findings. 2004. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (accepted for publication).

Eccles M, Grimshaw J, Walker A, Johnston M, Pitts N. Response to “The OFF Theory of research utilization”. 2004. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (accepted for publication).

Grimshaw JM , Eccles MP. Is evidence-based implementation of evidence-based care possible? 2004. Medical Journal of Australia, 180, S50-S51.

Grimshaw JM , Thomas RE, MacLennan G, Fraser C, Ramsay C, Vale L et al. Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies. Health Technology Assessment. 2004; 8(6)

Sanson-Fisher RW, Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP. The science of changing providers' behaviour: the missing link in evidence-based practice. Medical Journal of Australia. 2004; 180: 205-206.

Schünemann H, Cook D, Grimshaw JM, Liberati A, Heffner J, Tapson V, Guyatt G. Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: From Evidence to Application : the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. Chest. 2004; 126(3 Suppl):688S-696S.

Shojania KG, Grimshaw JM. Still no magic bullets: pursuing more rigorous research in quality improvement. American Journal of Medicine. 2004; 116(11):778-80

Verstappen WHJM, van Merode F, Grimshaw J, Dubois WI, Grol RPTM, van der Weijden T. Comparing Cost Effects of Two Quality Strategies to improve Test Ordering in Primary Care. A Randomized Trial. International Journal of Quality in Health Care. 2004; 16(5):391-8

Whitty P, Thomas R, Grimshaw JM. Viewpoint: Disseminating and implementing guidelines: how feasible is it? Clinical Governance: An International Journal. 2004; 9: 8 10.

Mäkelä M, Flottorp S, Grimshaw J. “Tools for quality improvement and change in practice”, in Oxford Textbook of Primary Care, Jones et al (Ed.). 2003. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Eccles M, Grimshaw J, Campbell M, Ramsay C. Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2003; 12: 18-23.

Gilbody SM, Whitty PM, Grimshaw JM, Thomas RE. Can we improve the management of depression in primary care? A systematic review of educational and organizational interventions. Journal of American Medical Association. 2003; 289:3145-3151.

Gilbody SM, Whitty PM, Grimshaw JM, Thomas RE. Improving the detection and management of depression in primary care. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2003; 12:149-155.

Grimshaw J , McAuley L, Bero L, Grilli R, Oxman A, Ramsay C, Vale L, Zwarenstien M. Systematic Reviews of the Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies and Programs: Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2003; 12:293-303.

Grol R, Grimshaw J. From best evidence to best practice; about effective implementation of change in patient care. Lancet. 2003; 362:1225-30.

Verstappen W, van der Weijden T, Sijbrandij J, Smeele J, Hermsen J, Grimshaw J, Grol R. Effect of a Practice-Based Strategy on Test Ordering Performance of Primary Care Physicians: A Randomized Trial. Journal of American Medical Association. 2003; 289:2407-2412.

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Improving the recognition and management of depression in primary care. Effective Health Care. 2002; 7(5): 1-12.

Foy R, Penney GC, Maclennan G, Grimshaw J, Campbell M, Grol R. Attributes of clinical recommendations that influence change in practice following audit and feedback. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2002; 55: 717-22.

Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP, Walker AE, Thomas RE. Changing Physician Behaviour. What works and thoughts on getting more things to work. Journal of Continuing Education for Health Professionals. 2002; 22: 237-243.

Grimshaw JM , Shirran L, Thomas RE, Mowatt G, Fraser C, Bero L, Grilli R, Harvey EL, O’Brien MA, Oxman AD. “Changing provider behaviour: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote implementation of research findings by health care professionals”, in Getting research findings into practice. (2nd edition), Haines A, Donald A (Eds). 2001. London, BMJ Publishing.

Grimshaw JM , Ward J, Eccles MP. “Getting research into practice”, in Oxford Handbook of Public Health, Pencheon D, Muir Gray JA, Guest C, Melzer D (Eds.). 2001. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Grimshaw JM , Shirran L, Thomas RE, Mowatt G, Fraser C, Bero L, Grilli R, Harvey EL, Oxman AD, O’Brien MA. Changing provider behaviour: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions. Medical Care. 2001; 39(Supplement 2): II-2 – II-45.

Mowatt G, Foy R, Grimshaw JM, Sobrevilla A. Local consensus processes: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes (Cochrane protocol). Cochrane Library. 2001; Issue 3.

Mowatt G, Grimshaw JM, Davis D, Mazmanian P. Getting evidence into practice - the work of the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care Group (EPOC). Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2001; 21: 55-60.

Grimshaw J , Eccles M, Thomas R. Using guidelines to improve quality of care. Qualitatsmanagement in Klinik und Praxis. 2000; 8: 92-96.

Eccles MP, Grimshaw JM. “Dissemination and Implementation of evidence based practice”, in Clinical governance in primary care, van Zwanenberg T, Harrison J (Eds.). 2000. Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxford .

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Getting evidence into practice. Effective Health Care. 1999; 5(1): 1-16. (Available from: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehc51.pdf. Italian version also published: NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Trasferire gli Interventi Efficaci nella Pratica Clinica. Effective Health Care (edizione Italiana) . 1999. Zadig Editore and Cewntro Cochrane Italiano (Milano, Italy). 3 ( 4).

Bero L, Grilli R, Grimshaw JM, Harvey E, Oxman AD, Thomson MA. “Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote implementation of research findings by health care professionals”, in Getting research findings into practice. (1 st edition), Haines A, Donald A (Eds). 1998. London, BMJ Publishing.

Petrie JC, Grimshaw JM, Bryson A. “The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network initiative: Getting validated guidelines into local practice”, in Clinical effectiveness from guidelines to cost-effective practice, Deighan M, Hitch S (Eds). 1995. Brentwood, Earlybrave Publications Limited.

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and Nuffield Institute for Health . Implementing clinical guidelines. Can guidelines be used to improve clinical practice? Effective Health Care. 1994; 1(8): 1-12.