“The value of efficiently and rapidly spreading the ‘golden thread’ of readily United States of Americable and clinically salient information that drives treatment and decision-making throughout an organization cannot be understated” (Douglas, Button, Casey, 2016).
The growing use of data for guiding strategic decisions and improvement efforts brings invaluable insights, related to meaningful evidence, and is increasingly illustrating that ambitions for progress will be stymied without access to it. The ongoing use of the ‘right data’ will be at the heart of this panel discussion, which will explore key lessons on how to build capacity to embed the collection and use of data as the ‘typical way of work’, and what messages can promote its importance with strategic leaders, policy makers, practitioners and service users.
The panellists, with contrasting and complementary knowledge, experience, and insights, will be invited to discuss the importance of measurement and data in implementation practice, and will discuss the inherent challenges, as well as the successful strategies to overcome them. The panellists will also ‘look back’ and ‘look forward’ with us – to share their perspectives on the ‘State of the Field’ of Measurement and Data for Implementation and Improvement.”
Eric Bruns, University of Washington, Washington, United States
Terje Ogden, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development (NCCBD), Oslo, Norway
Grace Irimu, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Annette Boaz (Moderator), Kingston University and St. George’s University of London, United Kingdom
