Dr. Ford’s research focuses on organizational dissemination, implementation, and sustainability research via mixed methods to expand the use and adoption of evidence-based practices and to improve patient outcomes and quality of care. The goals of his research program are to:
- Advance the use of dissemination, implementation, and sustainability research in behavioral health, long-term care, and community pharmacies
- Develop interventions and implementation strategies that promote the sustained use of evidence-based practice and
- Understand organizational attributes associated with the implementation and sustainability of organizational change.
Dr. Ford was also part of a team of UW researchers who established the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (www.niatx.net) which taught substance abuse providers to apply quality improvement to improve access to and retention in treatment.