• Kilbourne AM, Geng E, Eshun-Wilson I, Sweeney S, Shelley D, Cohen DJ, Kirchner JE, Fernandez ME, Parchman ML. How does facilitation in healthcare work? Using mechanism mapping to illuminate the black box of a meta-implementation strategy. Implementation science communications. 2023 May 16; 4(1):53.
• Sudore RL, Walling AM, Gibbs L, Rahimi M, Wenger NS, UC Health Care Planning Study Team. Implementation Challenges for a Multi-site Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial: Lessons Learned. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2023 Apr 23.
• Burnett K, Stockdale SE, Yoon J, Ragan A, Rogers M, Rubenstein LV, Wheat C, Jaske E, Rose DE, Nelson K. The Clinical Resource Hub Initiative: First-Year Implementation of the Veterans Health Administration Regional Telehealth Contingency Staffing Program. The Journal of ambulatory care management. 2023 Jul 1; 46(3):228-239.
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• Midboe AM, Javier SJ, Salsbury SA, Katsovich L, Burgess DJ, King HA, Taylor SL, Martino S, Mayer JM, Wallace RB, Der-Martirosian C, Kerns RD. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on nonpharmacological pain management trials in military and veteran healthcare settings: an evaluation informed by implementation science. Translational behavioral medicine. 2023 Apr 8.

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• HSR Special Issue on the Importance of Research Translation
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