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. 2021 Feb 11;11(2):e044291. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044291

Table 1.

Categories, descriptions and examples of initiative categorisation

Category name Description Examples
Information Sharing
A—live sharing
B—recommended initiatives— calls to action
  • A—information sharing through in-person or technology-based communication (synchronous communication)

  • B—information sharing through documents which share suggestions, recommendations or for information purposes (motivation)

  • A—rounding, team meetings, one-on-on communication

  • B—examples: suggested strategies (or ‘calls to action’) which ranged from recommending investments in new long-term care beds, increasing funding for behavioural supports, audits and reports, encouraging team building

Tools and guidelines
  • Tangible/concrete guides to inform practice

  • Implemented tool/guidance document that is being used in the healthcare system

  • Toolkits, guidelines, escalation processes, frameworks

Practice changes
  • A change in how care is delivered

  • Nurse-led discharges, roles of providers and/or composition of team are organised differently

Infrastructure and finance
  • Tangible structural or financial changes

  • Financial penalties/incentives, building more hospital, rehabilitation or long-term care beds

Other initiatives
  • Different initiative that does not fit into any of the above categories

  • Statistical models (predictive modelling)