Table 1 Activities with highest intensity during particular implementation periods
Activity occurring primarily during the | Notes |
|---|---|
Beginning | |
Baseline data collection | Exclusively at the beginning |
Technical Assistance IT Marketing Strategy policy development | Concentrated at the beginning but continued as needed |
Action/implementation planning | Recurred if original plan did not fit or with staff changes |
Overcoming resistance to change | Concentrated at the beginning but longer at some sites, particularly where local medical center management was not supportive of PCMHI |
Middle | |
Managing team processes | Occurred throughout but highest during the middle when a PCMHI learning collaborative was most active |
Fostering networking with peers | Primarily through a PCMHI learning collaborative that did not start until the middle and dissipated over time |
Middle and End | |
Clinical skills education | |
Pulling back and letting sites take the lead | By definition was something that happened at the end, but the external facilitator began this process earlier than the internal regional facilitator, by design |