Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)
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IRIHS, founded in 2015, is a mixed-method research unit led jointly by Professor Trish Greenhalgh and Associate Professor Sara Shaw. We undertake interdisciplinary research, teaching and applied scholarship in fields relating to clinical practice, organisation and delivery of health services, health policy, translational science (covering the social and behavioural science of innovation and adoption), digital health and the patient experience.
>£10m in ongoing research studies
>50 peer-reviewed publications in 2018
14 doctoral students
RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2018
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NASSS-CAT TOOL
Complexity Self-Assessment Tool for your project - designed to help you plan, undertake and evaluate a technology-supported change project in healthcare or social care. The tool has been developed to try to reduce the high proportion of technology projects that fail in these sectors.
Research Studies
Latest publications
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Personalized Medicine, Disruptive Innovation, and "Trailblazer" Guidelines: Case Study and Theorization of an Unsuccessful Change Effort.
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Rushforth A. and Greenhalgh T., (2020), Milbank Q
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The NASSS-CAT Tools for Understanding, Guiding, Monitoring, and Researching Technology Implementation Projects in Health and Social Care: Protocol for an Evaluation Study in Real-World Settings.
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Greenhalgh T. et al, (2020), JMIR Res Protoc, 9
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Using Complexity Assessment to Inform the Development and Deployment of a Digital Dashboard for Schizophrenia Care: Case Study.
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Gremyr A. et al, (2020), J Med Internet Res, 22
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General Practitioners' understanding of the benefits and harms of treatments for long-term conditions: an online survey.
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TREADWELL J. et al, (2020), British Journal of General Practice