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Table 1 Comparison of conditions

From: Implementing measurement based care in community mental health: a description of tailored and standardized methods

Contextual factor

Implementation strategies

Standardized, “best practices”

Tailored, “customized and collaborative”

Resources

Needs assessment

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Enhancements

Client completion of paper PHQ-9 and score entered in EHR for review by the clinician

Client Completion of paper PHQ-9 and score entered in EHR for review by the clinician

Networks & Linkages

Teams were formed and met triweekly

All clinicians were invited to attend

Opinion leaders and champions were invited to attend

Policies and Incentives

Guideline for PHQ-9 administration frequency

Each session with client

Determined by implementation teams, specific to each site

Norms & Attitudes

Initial MBC training

Audit & Feedback with fidelity data

Standardized training material

Penetration data to monitor fidelity, but not provided to clinicians

Tailored training material targeting identified barriers from the needs assessment

Penetration data to inform tailored implementation

Structure & Process

Progress note modifications in EHR

Graph available for score review

Graph available for score review

Media & Change Agents

Triweekly meetings with external experts

Consultation focused on promoting MBC fidelity: (1) session-by-session administration of PHQ-9; (2) clinician score to inform session; (3) discussion of scores with clients in session. Clinicians were offered tips on targeting lack of progress

Consultation focused on targeting contextual barriers, with emphasis placed on fidelity to site-specific guideline

  1. The implementation strategies were selected to map onto the six domains of the context of diffusion as outlined in the Framework for Dissemination [10]