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Table 2 Proposed key informants

From: Exploring the interpersonal-, organization-, and system-level factors that influence the implementation and use of an innovation-synoptic reporting-in cancer care

CASE*

DESCRIPTION OF INFORMANTS†

NSBSP

• 4-5 radiologists

 

• 3-4 implementation personnel (leaders, team members)‡

 

• 3 organizational members (e.g., managers/directors of relevant departments)

 

• 2 executive- or funding-level decision-makers

 

• 2 report end-users (e.g., surgeons, coders)

CCPP

• 4-5 gastroenterologists/general surgeons

 

• 3-4 implementation personnel (leaders, team members)‡

 

• 3 organizational members (e.g., managers/directors of relevant departments)

 

• 2 executive- or funding-level decision-makers

 

• 2 report end-users (e.g., surgeons, radiation oncologists, coders)

SSRTP

• 4-5 surgeons

 

• 3-4 implementation personnel (leaders, team members)‡

 

• 3 organizational members (e.g., managers/directors of relevant departments)

 

• 2 executive- or funding-level decision-makers

 

• 2 report end-users (e.g., radiation oncologists, coders)

Minimum number of key informants = 42-48

  1. *NSBSP = Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program; CCPP = Colon Cancer Prevention Program; SSRTP = Surgical Synoptic Reporting Tools Project.
  2. †The specified number represents the minimal number of key informants per category.
  3. ‡Implementation personnel may be interviewed on several occasions (e.g., initial and follow-up interviews) depending on the case and data collected.