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Table 2 Practice Facilitation Highlights and Obstacles

From: Research nurses as practice facilitators to disseminate an asthma shared decision making intervention

PBRN

Site #

Highlights

Obstacles

MAPPR

1

Introduced the concept of SDM; provided basic asthma education to staff

Unable to adopt SDM due to competing priorities

2

Transitioned from group shared medical appointments to individualized SDM; evolved to become a self-sufficient team

Resistant to change at first

3

Eagerly engaged early on; willing to commit to team approach for SDM care

Provider, staff, and administrative turnover

NCnet

4

Completed everything asked and more; developed video to promote SDM for patients

Not all providers participated; long distance for PF to travel to practice

5

All providers at 5 locations within group practice engaged; tech-savvy, modified SDM tools for their website

All 5 locations wanted to receive the intervention simultaneously; PF unable to visit all locations

6

Provided basic asthma education to staff

Long distance for PF to travel to practice; provider and staff turnover

PCRC

7

PF process built relationships for future research opportunities; staff excited to take on new roles

Difficult to find suitable meeting time for providers and staff together; provider champion had competing priorities for time

8

Enthusiastic team interested in new roles; staff growth; became more comfortable with SDM

Difficult to reach staff by phone and email; long distance for PF to travel to practice

E-CARE

9

Introduced different length visits to accommodate more SDM opportunities

Provider motivation; health coaching was a new concept at the practice; few referrals initially

10

Developed reminder system to engage providers

Provider and staff turnover

  1. PBRN Practice-based research network, MAPPR Mecklenburg Area Partnership for Primary Care Research, NCnet North Carolina Network, PCRC Primary Care Research Consortium, E-CARE Eastern Carolina Association for Research and Education, SDM Shared decision making