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Facilitating the implementation of clinical technology in healthcare : what role does a national agency play?

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Harvey, Gill, Llewellyn, Sue, Maniatopoulos, Greg, Boyd, Alan and Procter, Rob (2018) Facilitating the implementation of clinical technology in healthcare : what role does a national agency play? BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1). 347. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3176-9 ISSN 1472-6963.

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Abstract

Background:

Accelerating the implementation of new technology in healthcare is typically complex and multi-faceted. One strategy is to charge a national agency with the responsibility for facilitating implementation. This study examines the role of such an agency in the English National Health Service. In particular, it compares two different facilitation strategies employed by the agency to support the implementation of insulin pump therapy.

Methods:

The research involved an empirical case study of four healthcare organisations receiving different levels of facilitation from the national agency: two received active hands-on facilitation; one was the intended recipient of a more passive, web-based facilitation strategy; the other implemented the technology without any external facilitation. The primary method of data collection was semi structured qualitative interviews with key individuals involved in implementation. The integrated-PARIHS framework was applied as a conceptual lens to analyse the data.

Results:

The two sites that received active facilitation from an Implementation Manager in the national agency made positive progress in implementing the technology. In both sites there was a high level of initial receptiveness to implementation. This was similar to a site that had successfully introduced insulin pump therapy without facilitation support from the national agency. By contrast, a site that did not have direct contact with the national agency made
little progress with implementation, despite the availability of a web-based implementation resource. Clinicians expressed differences of opinion around the value and effectiveness of the technology and contextual barriers related to funding for implementation persisted. The national agency’s intended roll out strategy using passive web-based facilitation appeared to have little impact.

Conclusions:

When favourable conditions exist, in terms of agreement around the value of the technology, clinician receptiveness and motivation to change, active facilitation via an external agency can help to structure the implementation process and address contextual barriers. Passive facilitation using web-based implementation
resources appears less effective. Moving from initial implementation to wider scale-up presents challenges and is an issue that warrants further attention.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Great Britain. National Health Service -- Case studies, Medical technology -- Great Britain, Medical care -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Insulin pumps
Journal or Publication Title: BMC Health Services Research
Publisher: Biomed central
ISSN: 1472-6963
Official Date: 10 May 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
10 May 2018Published
1 May 2018Accepted
Volume: 18
Number: 1
Article Number: 347
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3176-9
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 17 May 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 17 May 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
08/1820/254National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
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