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A Self-help Tool to Facilitate Implementation of eHealth Initiatives in Health Care (E-Ready): Formative Evaluation
Linköping University, Sweden.
Linköping University, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Safety and Transport, Measurement Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3700-3921
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2022 (English)In: JMIR Formative Research, E-ISSN 2561-326X, Vol. 6, no 1, article id e17568Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: eHealth interventions have the potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of health care. However, research has shown that implementing eHealth in routine health care practice is difficult. Organizational readiness to change has been shown to be central to successful implementation. This paper describes the development and formative evaluation of a generic self-help tool, E-Ready, designed to be used by managers, project leaders, or others responsible for implementation in a broad range of health care settings. Objective: The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate a tool that could facilitate eHealth implementation in, for example, health care. Methods: A first version of the tool was generated based on implementation theory (E-Ready 1.0). A formative evaluation was undertaken through expert panels (n=15), cognitive interviews (n=17), and assessment of measurement properties on E-Ready items from 3 different workplaces (n=165) using Rasch analyses. E-Ready 1.0 was also field tested among the target population (n=29). Iterative revisions were conducted during the formative evaluation process, and E-Ready 2.0 was generated. Results: The E-Ready Tool consists of a readiness assessment survey and a hands-on manual. The survey measures perceived readiness for change (willingness and capability) at individual and collective levels: perceived conditions for change at the workplace, perceived individual conditions for change, perceived support and engagement among management, perceived readiness among colleagues, perceived consequences on status quo, and perceived workplace attitudes. The manual contains a brief introduction, instructions on how to use the tool, information on the themes of E-Ready, instructions on how to create an implementation plan, brief advice for success, and tips for further reading on implementation theory. Rasch analyses showed overall acceptable measurement properties in terms of fit validity. The subscale Individual conditions for change (3 items) had the lowest person reliability (0.56), whereas Perceived consequences on status quo (5 items) had the highest person reliability (0.87). Conclusions: E-Ready 2.0 is a new self-help tool to guide implementation targeting health care provider readiness and engagement readiness ahead of eHealth initiatives in, for example, health care settings. E-Ready can be improved further to capture additional aspects of implementation; improvements can also be made by evaluating the tool in a larger sample. 

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JMIR Publications Inc. , 2022. Vol. 6, no 1, article id e17568
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Health care sector, Implementation science, Organizational readiness for change, Telemedicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-59090DOI: 10.2196/17568Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85124134438OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-59090DiVA, id: diva2:1651948
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 Funding details: VINNOVA; Funding text 1: The research project was funded by Swelife, a strategic innovation program funded by the Swedish government through the Swedish innovation agency, Vinnova, and by the program’s partners. The funder had no role in the design of the study, data collection and analysis, or the interpretation of data and the write-up of the manuscript.

Available from: 2022-04-14 Created: 2022-04-14 Last updated: 2023-05-22Bibliographically approved

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