Tracking implementation strategies in real-world settings: VA Office of Rural Health enterprise-wide initiative portfolio.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To use a practical approach to examining the use of Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) strategies by Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) dimensions for rural health innovations using annual reports on a diverse array of initiatives.

Data sources and study setting

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Rural Health (ORH) funds initiatives designed to support the implementation and spread of innovations and evidence-based programs and practices to improve the health of rural Veterans. This study draws on the annual evaluation reports submitted for fiscal years 2020-2022 from 30 of these enterprise-wide initiatives (EWIs).

Study design

Content analysis was guided by the RE-AIM framework conducted by the Cente

SUBMITTER: Reisinger HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11540587 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature