Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.

By G. Flodgren, E. Parmelli, G. Doumit, M. Gattellari, M. O’Brien, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, M. Eccles. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011

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Developing theory-informed behaviour change interventions to implement evidence into practice: a systematic approach using the Theoretical Domains Framework (2012, neutral): “Content:• GP opinion leader/content expert [29] presents information about the guideline key messages.”
Enhancing the Impact of Implementation Strategies in Healthcare: A Research Agenda (2019, background): “Local opinion leaders (33) 18 RCTs (involving more than 296”
Barriers and Strategies in Guideline Implementation—A Scoping Review (2016, background): “5) with the use of local opinion leaders [96] were reported in Cochrane systematic reviews.”
Inﬂuentials, Networks, and Public Opinion Formation (background): “…and similar statements appear in ﬁelds as diverse as marketing (Chan and Misra 1990; Coulter et al. 2002; Van den Bulte and Joshi 2007), public health (Doumit et al. 2007; Kelly et al. 1991; Moore et al. 2004, 189; Soumerai et al. 1998, 1358), and political behavior (Nisbet 2006; Roch 2005), as…”
Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America (2013, methodology): “Some successful strategies have involved using in-person educational methods, providing feedback on the process, employing opinion leaders or developing champions, or outlining an overall vision (Davis and TaylorVaisey, 1997; Flodgren et al., 2011; McCannon et al., 2006; O’Connor et al., 1996; Schec”