Learning evaluation: blending quality improvement and implementation research methods to study healthcare innovations

1 Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, V8.112, Dallas 75390, TX, USA

2 Harold Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

3 Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR, USA

4 Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

5 Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

6 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

7 Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA