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Table 1 Clinical Readiness Consultation Tool (CRCT) structure

From: The FORGE AHEAD clinical readiness consultation tool: a validated tool to assess clinical readiness for chronic disease care mobilization in Canada’s First Nations

Clinical Readiness Consultations: Components and Sub-components

# Items

Component 1: Delivery System Design (28 items)

 1.1 Team Structure and Function

5

 1.2 Clinical Leadership

3

 1.3 Appointments and Scheduling

3

 1.4 Care Planning

2

 1.5 Systematic Approach to Follow-up

4

 1.6 Continuity of Care

2

 1.7 Patient Access

2

 1.8 Cultural Competence/Knowledge

4

 1.9 Physical Infrastructure

3

Component 2: Information Systems and Decision Support (6 items)

 2.1 Maintenance and Use of an Electronic or Paper Diabetes Registry

2

 2.2 Evidence-based Guidelines for Diabetes

3

 2.3 Specialist and Generalist Collaboration

1

Component 3: Self-management Support (7 items)

 

 3.1 Self-Management Support, Assessment and Documentation

3

 3.2 Self-management Education, Behavioral Risk Reduction and Peer Support

3

Component 4: Linkages with Community Resources and Other Health Services (15 items)

 4.1 Communication and Cooperation of the Health Center and Other Community-based Organizations and Programs

6

 4.2 Linking Health Center Patients to Community Resources

3

 4.3 Community Outreach

3

 4.4 Regional Health Planning and Development of Health Resources

3

Component 5: Local Health Center Organizational Influence and Integration (10 items)

 5.1 Organizational Commitment

5

 5.2 Quality Improvement Strategies

4

 5.3 Integration of Health System Components to Achieve High Quality Care for Patients with Diabetes

1