Table 2.
Implementation strategies (adapted from Waltz and colleagues [22]).
| Implementation strategies | Description |
| Engage consumers | Involving, preparing, and intervening with patients and the market to involve them and increase demand for the clinical innovation |
| Use evaluative and iterative strategies | Planning and conducting the implementation process, including activities such as make a plan, assess for readiness, identify barriers and facilitators, evaluate performance and progress, and provide audit and feedback |
| Change infrastructure | Changing external structures such as legislation models, as well as internal conditions such as facilities and equipment |
| Adapt and tailor to the context | Tailoring the innovation to meet local needs and tailoring the implementation strategies toward the identified barriers and facilitators |
| Develop stakeholder interrelationships | Involving relevant internal and external stakeholders to support and move the implementation process forward |
| Use financial strategies | Changing the patient billing systems, fee structures, reimbursement policies, research funding, and clinician incentives |
| Support clinicians | Supporting clinical staff performance |
| Provide interactive assistance | Supporting implementation issues |
| Train and educate stakeholders | Providing written and oral training |