Table 2.

Agreed-Upon ERIC Implementation Strategies for Barriers to Implementation by 5 CFIR Domains

Barriers categorized into CFIR Domains
ERIC StrategiesInner Setting1Outer Setting2Intervention Characteristic3Characteristics of Individuals4Process5
Assess for readiness and identify barriers and facilitatorsCCC
Develop a formal implementation blueprintIS&CIS&C
Conduct local needs assessmentCCC
Obtain and use patients/consumers and family feedbackIS&C
FacilitationISISISISIS
Provide local technical assistanceIS&CC
Tailor strategiesIS&C
Promote adaptabilityIS&C
Use data expertsISIS
Identify and prepare championsIS&CIS&CIS&CIS&C
Organize clinician implementation team meetingsIS&CC
Recruit, designate, and train for leadershipISIS
Inform local opinion leadersISISISIS
Build a coalitionIS&CISISC
Identify early adoptersIS&CISIS&C
Conduct local consensus discussionsISIS&CIS
Capture and share local knowledgeIS
Model and simulate changeIS&CIS
Visit other sitesIS
Conduct ongoing trainingIS&CIS
Provide ongoing consultationISIS
Develop educational materialsISIS&CIS
Make training dynamicCC
Distribute educational materialsISISIS
Conduct educational meetingsIS&CCIS&CIS&C
Conduct educational outreach visitsISIS
Shadow other expertsIS
Facilitate relay of clinical data to providersISIS
Revise professional rolesIS&C
Involve patients/consumers and family membersIS&CIS
Intervene with patients/consumers to enhance uptake and adherenceISISISIS
Prepare patients/consumers to be active participantsCIS&CIS
Fund and contract for the clinical innovationC
Access new fundingISIS
Place innovation on fee for service lists/formulariesIS
Alter incentive/allowance structuresIS
Alter patient/consumer feesIS&C
Use other payment schemesIS
Change record systemsIS&C
  • Abbreviations: CFIR, Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research; ERIC, Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change; C, ERIC strategies agreed upon by C only; IS&C, ERIC strategies agreed upon by both implementation scientists (IS) and clinicians (C); IS, ERIC strategies agreed upon by IS only.

  • 1 Inner Setting barriers: time constraints, accessibility to risk calculator/electronic health record integration, buy-in, documented workflow, calculator training, staffing issues, clinical champion, team communication.

  • 2 Outer Setting barriers: patient fears (e.g., statin side effects), patient issues with costs of medications.

  • 3 Intervention Characteristics barriers: buy-in, trust in guidelines (by clinicians), patient population (i.e., perceived limited population at risk for cardiovascular disease), results vary by calculator.

  • 4 Characteristics of Individuals barriers: buy-in, calculator training.

  • 5 Process barriers: documented workflow, clinical champion.