Successful implementation of a Fracture Liaison Service through effective change management: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: We assessed the context in which a hip Fracture Liaison Service was implemented. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 key informants at two time points to understand organizational readiness, facilitators, and barriers to change. We identified strategies important to successful implementation, particularly in the context of change fatigue.

Purpose

Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) is effective for secondary fracture prevention. Two hospital sites implemented FLS for hip fracture patients, 50 + years, in Alberta, Canada. We assessed organizational readiness, facilitators, and barriers to change to better understand the context in which the FLS was implemented to inform its potential spread provincially.

Methods

We recruited individuals involved in FLS implementation at

SUBMITTER: Wozniak LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223766 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature