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. 2024 Oct 1;5:108. doi: 10.1186/s43058-024-00650-4

Table 4.

Results of CFIR-ERIC matching tool and feasibility and importance ranking from the literature

ERIC Cluster and Strategy Cumulative Endorsement Percentage Level 1 and 2 Endorsed CFIR Barriers Go-Zone Quadrant
Develop Stakeholder Interrelationships
Identify and prepare champions 418%

Evidence strength & quality

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Complexity

Structural characteristics

Compatibility

Knowledge & beliefs

Opinion leaders

Key stakeholders

Patients/consumers

I
Build a coalition 286%

Cosmopolitanism

Structural characteristics

Compatibility

Opinion leaders

Key stakeholders

I
Conduct local consensus discussions 352%

Evidence strength & quality

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Patient needs & resources

Compatibility

Relative priority

Opinion leaders

Key stakeholders

I
Inform local opinion leaders 259%

Evidence strength & quality

Relative advantage

Knowledge & beliefs

Opinion leaders

Key stakeholders

I
Capture and share local knowledge 264%

Evidence strength & quality

Adaptability

Complexity

Cosmopolitanism

Structural characteristics

Available resources

Knowledge & beliefs

I
Identify early adopters 215%

Evidence strength & quality

Adaptability

Complexity

Structural characteristics

Knowledge & beliefs

Opinion leaders

I
Use advisory boards and workgroups 182%

Patient needs & resources

Cosmopolitanism

Key stakeholders

Patients/consumers

I
Promote network weaving 148%

Cosmopolitanism

Structural characteristics

III
Visit other sites 145%

Relative advantage

Cosmopolitanism

II
Involve executive boards 122%

Cosmopolitanism

Key stakeholders

II
Develop academic partnerships 116%

Evidence strength & quality

Cosmopolitanism

II
Recruit, designate, and train for leadership 109% Opinion leaders IV
Model and simulate change 108% Complexity II
Organize clinician implementation team meetings 96% Complexity I
Use an implementation advisor 95% None I
Obtain formal commitments 75% None IV
Use Evaluative and Iterative Strategies
Assess for readiness and identify barriers and facilitators 351%

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Complexity

Patient needs & resources

Structural characteristics

Compatibility

Relative priority

Knowledge & beliefs

Key stakeholders

I
Conduct local needs assessment 293%

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Patient needs & resources

Compatibility

Relative priority

Knowledge & beliefs

Key stakeholders

I
Conduct cyclical small tests of change 210%

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Complexity

Structural characteristics

Compatibility

I
Obtain and use patients/consumers and family feedback 187%

Patient needs & resources

Patients/consumers

I
Develop a formal implementation blueprint 124% Complexity I
Stage implementation scale up 111%

Complexity

Available resources

I
Purposefully re-examine the implementation 101% Compatibility I
Audit and provide feedback 86% None I
Develop and implement tools for quality monitoring 53% None I
Develop and organize quality monitoring systems 45% None I
Train and Educate Stakeholders
Conduct educational meetings 263%

Evidence strength & quality

Relative advantage

Knowledge & beliefs

Opinion leaders

Key stakeholders

I
Create a learning collaborative 219%

Adaptability

Complexity

Cosmopolitanism

Key stakeholders

II
Conduct educational outreach visits 169%

Evidence strength & quality

Cosmopolitanism

Knowledge & beliefs

II
Develop educational materials 177%

Evidence strength & quality

Knowledge & beliefs

Patients/consumers

I
Distribute educational materials 110% Evidence strength & quality I
Provide ongoing consultation 92% Complexity I
Conduct ongoing training 75% Complexity I
Work with educational institutions 59% None II
Use train-the-trainer strategies 56% None I
Shadow other experts 44% None II
Make training dynamic 40% None I
Adapt and Tailor to Context
Promote adaptability 285%

Relative advantage

Adaptability

Complexity

Structural characteristics

Compatibility

I
Tailor strategies 223%

Adaptability

Complexity

Compatibility

I
Use data experts 46% None III
Provide Interactive Assistance
Facilitation 173%

Adaptability

Complexity

Compatibility

Knowledge & beliefs

I
Provide local technical assistance 72% None IV
Centralize technical assistance 36% None III
Support Clinicians
Develop resource sharing agreements 80%

Cosmopolitanism

Available resources

III
Facilitate relay of clinical data to providers 65% None I
Revise professional roles 48% None III
Create new clinical teams 40% None III
Engage Consumers
Involve patients/consumers and family members 236%

Patient needs & resources

Opinion leaders

Patients/consumers

I
Prepare patients/consumers to be active participants 118%

Patient needs & resources

Patients/consumers

IV
Increase demand 115%

Relative advantage

Relative priority

Available resources

II
Intervene with patients/consumers to enhance uptake & adherence 106%

Patient needs & resources

Patients/consumers

IV
Use mass media 90% Patients/consumers III
Use Financial Strategies
Alter incentive/allowance structures 179%

Relative advantage

Relative priority

III
Access new funding 134% Available resources IV
Fund and contract for clinical innovation 103% Available resources IV
Alter patient/consumer fees 44%

Available resources

Patients/consumers

III
Place innovation on fee for service lists/formularies 38% None IV
Make billing easier 32% Available resources III
Change Infrastructure
Change physical structure and equipment 97%

Structural characteristics

Available resources

III
Mandate change 65% Relative priority III
Create or change credentialing and/or licensure standards 41% None III
Change service sites 38% None III
Change record systems 29% None III

CFIR Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, ERIC Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change; Cumulative Endorsement Percentage, collective percentages of all endorsement across all identified CFIR barriers; Go-zone quadrant I, high importance and feasibility; Go-zone quadrant II, low importance and high feasibility; Go-zone quadrant III, low importance and feasibility; Go-zone quadrant IV, high importance and low feasibility