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Table 1 ACP-GV National Program by ERIC clusters, strategies, activities, and recipients

From: Evaluation of the national implementation of the VA Diffusion of Excellence Initiative on Advance Care Planning via Group Visits: protocol for a quality improvement evaluation

ERIC strategy cluster category

Implementation strategy

ACP-GV National Program activities developed and tracked by the ACP-GV Implementation Team

Recipient

Utilize financial strategies

Access new funding

ORH funding provided for ACP-GV staff positions in rural VHA facilities and their CBOCs (e.g., social worker and medical support assistant)

Only funded sites

Train and educate stakeholders

Conduct ongoing training

Offer continuing education units to professional clinical staff for attending monthly education calls

Staff at all ACP-GV sites

Train and educate stakeholders

Create a learning collaborative

Promote use of ACP-GV Welcome, Facilitation, and Implementation Manuals on VA Pulse website to staff via weekly administrative calls

Staff at all ACP-GV sites

Use evaluative and iterative strategies

Audit and feedback

Promote use of ACP-GV Implementation Manual on process for documentation, quarterly data collection, and review performance with sites

Staff at all ACP-GV sites

Develop stakeholder interrelationships

Identify and prepare champions

Promote use of VA Pulse website to identify and to deliver materials used to inform local champions and facility leaders on program implementation and sustainability

Staff at all ACP-GV sites