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Table 1 Final ORI typology

From: Enhancing organizational readiness for implementation: constructing a typology of readiness-development strategies using a modified Delphi process

ORI-1

Pre-contemplation

ORI-2

Contemplation

ORI-3

Preparation

Unique to this stage

1. Develop educational materials

Overlap with ORI-2

2. Conduct local consensus discussions

3. Conduct local needs assessment

4. Inform local opinion leaders

Overlap across all stages

5. Conduct educational meetings

Unique to this stage

1. Assess for readiness and identify barriers and facilitators

2. Conduct educational outreach visits

3. Fund and contract for clinical innovation

4. Identify and prepare champions

5. Identify early adopters

6. Visit other sites

Overlap with ORI-1

7. Conduct local consensus discussions

8. Conduct local needs assessment

9. Inform local opinion leaders

Overlap with ORI-3

10. Access new funding

11. Alter incentive/allowance structures

12. Build a coalition

13. Promote adaptability

14. Recruit, designate, and train for leadership

15. Shadow other experts

16. Use advisory boards and workgroups

17. Use an implementation adviser

Overlap across all stages

18. Conduct educational meetings

Unique to this stage

1. Centralize technical assistance

2. Change accreditation or membership requirements

3. Change physical structure and equipment

4. Change record system

5. Create new clinical teams

6. Create or change credentialing and/or licensure standards

7. Develop a formal implementation blueprint

8. Develop an implementation glossary

9. Develop and implement tools for quality monitoring

10. Develop and organize quality monitoring systems

11. Develop disincentives

12. Develop resource sharing agreements

13. Distribute educational materials

14. Involve patients/consumers and family members

15. Make billing easier

16. Make training dynamic

17. Model and simulate change

18. Obtain formal commitments

19. Place innovation on fee for service lists/formularies

20. Prepare patients/consumers to be active participants

21. Promote network weaving

22. Revise professional roles

23. Stage implementation scale up

24. Tailor strategies

25. Use data experts

26. Use data warehousing techniques

27. Use train the trainer strategies

28. Work with educational institutions

Overlap with ORI-2

29. Access new funding

30. Alter incentive/allowance structures

31. Alter patient/consumer fees

32. Build a coalition

33. Promote adaptability

34. Recruit, designate, and train for leadership

35. Shadow other experts

36. Use advisory boards and workgroups

37. Use an implementation adviser

Overlap across all stages

38. Conduct educational meetings