Implementation Strategy | Definitiona | Example from Learning Community |
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Create a learning collaborative | Facilitate the formation of groups of providers or provider organizations and foster a collaborative learning environment to improve implementation of the clinical innovation | Creation of the ASTHO Immediate Postpartum LARC Learning Community |
Organize clinician implementation team meetings | Develop and support teams of clinicians who are implementing the innovation and give them protected time to reflect on the implementation effort, share lessons learned, and support one another’s learning | In-person meetings provide a unique opportunity for the state teams to work on their immediate postpartum LARC efforts, including creating action plans to prioritize their activities. |
Conduct educational meetings | Hold meetings targeted toward different stakeholder groups to teach them about the clinical innovation | Learning Community virtual learning sessions, which feature guest experts, provide a forum for ongoing education. |
Facilitation | A process of interactive problem solving and support that occurs in a context of a recognized need for improvement and a supportive interpersonal relationship | ASTHO facilitates virtual learning sessions and in-person meetings, which incorporate problem solving and foster the sense of a supportive team across the country. |
Promote network weaving | Identify and build on existing high-quality working relationships and networks within and outside the organization to promote information sharing, collaborative problem-solving, and a shared vision/goal related to implementing the innovation | - State teams include representatives from Medicaid and the state health department, and many of these agencies do not traditionally work together. - State teams have many opportunities, including through the in-person meetings and virtual learning sessions, to network with other state teams. - In-person meetings and virtual learning sessions include national partner agencies, which states can collaborate with and learn from. |
Provide ongoing consultation | Provide ongoing consultation with one or more experts in the strategies used to support implementing the innovation | Experts participate in the in-person meetings and virtual learning sessions, and state teams are able to follow up for more in-depth assistance. |
Distribute educational materials | Distribute educational materials in person, by mail, and/or electronically | States developed provider bulletins, patient guides, etc., and then shared them with ASTHO, who then shares the materials with the Learning Community. |