Proceedings of the 2nd Implementation Science Health Conference Australia: Sydney, NSW, Australia, 23-24 March 2023

Abstract

ISHCA has evolved from an annual Implementation Science Symposium, initially hosted by Sydney Health Partners, into a national conference co-hosted by several notable entities concerned with the translation of evidence-based innovation into practice; including the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) accredited Research Translation Centres, NHMRC funded Centres of Research Excellence, health and medical research institutes, and government health agencies. The discussion brought together experiences from scaling up implementation using trials via multiple modalities, natural experiments that are aligned with the dynamic complex nature of health systems, and partnerships between health services providers, implementation researchers, and policy makers as foundations for scale. The Scientific Committee welcomed 112 abstract submissions, including for oral, rapid fire, and poster presentations spread across six topics: * Building implementation capacity for program scale-up * Ensuring public health interventions meet different community needs * Successfully implementing novel practices in health care * Reducing practice variation in health care * Sustaining change in health service processes and pathways * What works, why and for whom when implementing programs in primary care and community settings The Scientific Committee acknowledged the diverse terms and definitions of ‘implementation science’, ‘knowledge translation’, and more broadly, ‘research translation’. [...]the top three voted posters (according to attendees) were invited to perform a rapid-fire presentation of their poster to the delegates prior to the concluding remarks of the conference.