Types of internal facilitation activities in hospitals implementing evidence-based interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation models, frameworks, and theories recognize the importance of activities that facilitate implementation success. However, little is known about internal facilitation activities that hospital personnel engage in during implementation efforts.

Purpose

The aim of the study was to examine internal facilitation activities at 10 critical access hospitals in rural Iowa during their implementation of TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety intervention, and to identify characteristics that distinguish different types of facilitation activities.

Methods

We followed 10 critical access hospitals for 2 years after the onset of implementation, conducting quarterly interviews with key informants. On the basis of the transcripts from the first two quarters, a coding te

SUBMITTER: Baloh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816731 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul/Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature