Table 4 Output of implementation strategies mapped using the CFIR-ERIC matching tool.

From: Barriers and facilitators of implementing patient-reported outcome measures in clinical care using the CFIR-ERIC framework

ERIC strategies

Cumulative percent (%)

Innovation design (%)

Access to knowledge & information (%)

Engaging-innovation deliverers (%)

Conduct educational meetings

122

22

79

21

Identify and prepare champions

101

15

24

63

Develop educational materials

96

33

59

4

Create a learning collaborative

86

7

45

33

Conduct local consensus discussions

78

26

10

42

Distribute educational materials

78

19

55

4

Promote adaptability

72

48

7

17

Capture and share local knowledge

58

15

31

13

Conduct educational outreach visits

55

15

28

13

Inform local opinion leaders

55

19

7

29

Assess for readiness and identify barriers and facilitators

52

7

7

38

Conduct ongoing training

46

4

38

4

Use advisory boards and workgroups

44

19

 

25

Obtain and use patients/consumers and family feedback

42

30

 

13

Conduct local needs assessment

39

15

3

21

Develop a formal implementation blueprint

37

15

14

8

Involve patients/consumers and family members

34

19

3

13

Facilitation

34

7

10

17

Identify early adopters

34

11

10

13

Develop and implement tools for quality monitoring

34

30

 

4

Provide ongoing consultation

33

7

17

8

Use an implementation adviser

33

15

14

4

Provide local technical assistance

32

4

24

4

Tailor strategies

31

15

 

17

Purposely reexamine the implementation

31

22

 

8

Involve executive boards

29

4

 

25

Build a coalition

28

 

3

25

Use train the trainer strategies

27

 

10

17

Model and simulate change

26

11

7

8

Shadow other experts

24

4

21

 

Conduct cyclical small tests of change

23

11

3

8

Promote network weaving

23

 

10

13

Develop academic partnerships

22

4

10

8

Work with educational institutions

22

11

7

4

Facilitate relay of clinical data to providers

22

7

10

4

Organize clinician implementation team meetings

22

4

14

4

Visit other sites

22

4

14

4

Make training dynamic

21

11

10

 
  1. The cumulative percentages exceeded 100% because experts were invited to endorse the same implementation strategy for multiple CFIR barriers independently.