Phase1 | Steps | Tools | Training method(s) |
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Pre-work for Leadership | To be completed as part of Executive Briefing by the Executive Director (or designee) | Executive sponsor (County Director) personal responsibilities checklist | Coach call to Executive Sponsor to review primer for Executive Sponsor |
1. Identify an Executive Sponsor for payer portion of the project | Â | Change leader training on how to apply and interpret the 5 Levers Barriers Assessment | |
2. Develop the strategic aim for buprenorphine adoption. | Â | Â | |
3. Select change leader and team members who are committed and make sure they have adequate time to participate in the project. | Â | Â | |
Preparing the Change Leader & Team | 4. Change Leader & Team Training on organizational and policy change techniques. | NIATx Workbook (Change Leader Training Guide – Administrative Version) | Provided in Learning Session 1 and reinforced by coaches throughout |
Planning (in conjunction with the treatment organization community) | 5. Conduct the 5 Levers Barriers Assessment. (Customer Impact, Financial & Purchasing, Regulatory & Policy, Operational, & Inter-organizational) to identify list of potential barriers to remove | 5-Levers Policy-Barriers Assessment | Provided in Learning Session 1 and reinforced by coaches throughout |
6. Develop tactics to apply | Implementation charter form | Â | |
7. Pilot test tactics | Â | Â | |
Implementation | 8. Develop list of tactics to implement (based on planning) | Implementation charter form | Change leader training in Learning Sessions on the implementation and sustainability process |
9. Assign a process owner, and timeline with deliverables for each tactic | Apply payer-based sustainability assessment form | Â | |
10. Implement changes | Â | Â | |
 | 11. Sustain gains |  |  |