Table 3 Process evaluation activities
Process evaluation activities | When collected | Arm(s) |
|---|---|---|
• Survey of practices' approaches to chronic care and practice change | Baseline Endpoint | Facilitated-CDS and CDS-only |
• Semi-structured interviews with each Physician/ Clinician Champion. | Baseline Endpoint | Facilitated-CDS and CDS-only |
o Interviews conducted with ALL Facilitated practices | ||
o Interviews conducted with 9 CDS-only practices (4–5 from each round) | ||
• Facilitator activity log on all interactions with the practice including: | Ongoing | Facilitated- CDS |
o Emails | ||
o Phone calls | ||
o Monthly meetings with site coordinator | ||
o QI team meetings | ||
o Webinars/Conference calls | ||
o Collaborative learning | ||
o Interface/Meetings/consultations with the academic mentors | ||
• Academic detailing activity log on interactions with the practice including: | Weekly debrief with | Facilitated- CDS |
o Phone calls with physicians | each academic mentor | |
o Emailsntd | on their contacts with | |
o Webinars/Conference calls | the practices | |
o Collaborative learning | ||
o Interface/Meetings/consultations | ||
• Site visits to 10 interventions and 10 comparator practices to observe workflow. | Final 18 months of | Facilitated-CDS and CDS-only |
o Comparator practices selected at random. | intervention | |
o Intervention practices selected using a dynamic multi-method approach (refer to | ||
o site visit protocol) |