The Network of Experts in Implementation Science (NExIS) is a great way to network and learn about implementation research from experts in the greater Seattle area. Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, and Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, among others, presented their current work at the most recent meeting to over thirty faculty and trainees, generating discussion and interest among colleagues.

The purpose of NExIS is to provide research, training, clinical consultation and technical assistance focused on evidence-based, dissemination and implementation of policies. Such programs are patient-centered and address patients’ and providers’ medical and health needs through delivery systems that are financially, operationally, and clinically integrated or closely coordinated. The long-term mission of this working group is to improve the health care and public health offered to people in the UW catchment area through evidence-based implementation of novel strategies.