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Table 5 Most commonly used strategies in the top and bottom quartile of treatment starts

From: The association between implementation strategy use and the uptake of hepatitis C treatment in a national sample

Top treating quartile

Cluster

N

Quadrant

Bottom treating quartile

Cluster

N

Quadrant

Revise professional rolesa

Support clinicians

14

3

Intentionally examine the efforts to promote HCV care

Evaluative

9

1

Identify and prepare championsa

Interrelationships

14

1

Place HCV medications on the formulary

Financial

13

4

Tailor strategies to deliver HCV care

Tailor

15

1

Provide ongoing consultation with one or more HCV treatment experts

Train/educate

9

1

Engage in efforts to prepare patients to be active participants in HCV carea

Consumers

16

4

Mandate changes to HCV care

Infrastructure

13

3

Change the record systems

Infrastructure

14

3

Develop reminder systems for clinicians

Support

9

2

Intervene with patients/consumers to promote uptake and adherence to HCV treatment

Consumers

17

4

Intervene with patients/consumers to promote uptake and adherence to HCV treatment

Consumers

14

4

Use data warehousing techniques

Tailor

19

3

Use data warehousing techniques

Tailor

16

3

Distribute educational materials

Train/educate

14

1

Distribute educational materials

Train/educate

9

1

Facilitate the relay of clinical data to providers

Support

15

1

Facilitate the relay of clinical data to providers

Support

11

1

Build on existing high-quality working relationships and networks to promote information sharing and problem solving related to implementing HCV carea

Interrelationships

15

3

Build on existing high-quality working relationships and networks to promote information sharing and problem solving related to implementing HCV carea

Interrelationships

9

3

  1. aStrategies significantly correlated with treatment starts (see Table 2)