Change Management Accompanying Implementation of Decision Support for Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Catheterization Units: Program Report.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of program

Different models exist to guide successful implementation of electronic health tools into clinical practice. The Contrast Reducing Injury Sustained by Kidneys (Contrast RISK) initiative introduced an electronic decision support tool with physician audit and feedback into all of the cardiac catheterization facilities in Alberta, Canada, with the goal of preventing contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) following coronary angiography and intervention. This report describes the change management approaches used by the initiative and end-user's feedback on these processes.

Sources of information and methods

The Canada Health Infoway Change Management model was used to address 6 activities relevant to project implementation: governance and leadership,

SUBMITTER: Ma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588412 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature