Title |
HOBE+, a case study: a virtual community of practice to support innovation in primary care in Basque Public Health Service
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-14-168 |
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Authors |
Galder Abos Mendizabal, Roberto Nuño Solinís, Irune Zaballa González |
Abstract |
A virtual professional community of practice (VCoP), HOBE+, has been set up to foster and facilitate innovation in primary care. It is aimed at all primary care professionals of the Basque Public Health Service (Osakidetza) in the provinces of Biscay and Araba. HOBE + is a VCoP that incorporates innovation management from the generation of ideas to their implementation in primary care practice.Objectives: To assess the process of developing and implementing a VCoP open to all primary care professionals in Osakidetza, including the take-up, participation and use of this VCoP in the first 15 months after its launch in October 2011. In addition, the usefulness of the VCoP was assessed through a survey gathering the opinions of the professionals involved. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 33% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 101 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 22 | 21% |
Researcher | 16 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 8% |
Other | 8 | 8% |
Other | 19 | 18% |
Unknown | 22 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 18% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 8% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 8% |
Engineering | 7 | 7% |
Other | 19 | 18% |
Unknown | 28 | 26% |