{"id":1754,"date":"2023-12-21T11:09:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/?page_id=1754"},"modified":"2024-01-04T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:34:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/ciis-website-636x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/ciis-website-636x211.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/ciis-website-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/ciis-website-1024x340.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/ciis-website.png 2003w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0294a5;\">Our Story<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">CIIS was launched in November 2015 to serve as a conduit to the free flow of ideas between clinicians, administrators and health services researchers in the Boston University community and beyond. CIIS aims to facilitate healthcare improvements in safety net settings by identifying and testing implementation strategies that promote the translation of evidence-based practices into routine practice. We design rigorous studies to produce research with internal and external validity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #c1403d;\">What is Implementation Science?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Implementation science seeks to understand the process of evidence uptake into clinical practice. Did people perform the new endeavor? Why or why not?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #c1403d;\">What is Improvement Science?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Improvement science seeks to rigorously measure outcomes of efforts to improve healthcare delivery. Did the new endeavor measurably improve desirable outcomes?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #c1403d;\">Our Dual Focus on Implementation and Improvement<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Combining Implementation and Improvement Sciences allows CIIS to assist in the development and rigorous evaluation of endeavors that seek to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0294a5;\"><strong>improve the quality of healthcare<\/strong><\/span>, particularly related to care for the underserved.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #c1403d;\">Core Objectives:\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Providing guidance, support and innovation to design projects that rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to implement change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Identifying strategies that accelerate the adoption and promote sustainability of effective healthcare interventions, especially in safety net settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Providing implementation and improvement sciences education to faculty, trainees, and students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #c1403d;\">Let Us Help You:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Identify evidence-based interventions and implementation strategies to test\/use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Provide guidance on theoretical framing and design of quality improvement projects and studies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Develop design and\/or analytic plans that generate valid results.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Link to external expertise and new collaborations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #04060f;\">Turn your next great idea into reality with pilot grant funding, pilot data, and writing assistance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/Picture1-1-636x426.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/Picture1-1-636x426.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/Picture1-1-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/Picture1-1-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/files\/2018\/08\/Picture1-1.png 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Story CIIS was launched in November 2015 to serve as a conduit to the free flow of ideas between clinicians, administrators and health services researchers in the Boston University community and beyond. 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