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Table 1 CFIR-guided semi-structured interview questions

From: Identifying actionable strategies: using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)-informed interviews to evaluate the implementation of a multilevel intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening

CFIR domain

Semi-structured interview question

Intervention characteristics

• How does the CRC control program (implement 3 EBIs) compare with other existing programs in your clinic?

 ○ What advantages does this CRC control program have?

 ○ What disadvantages does this CRC Control Program have?

• What kind of changes did you have to make to the EBIs so they would work in your clinic?

• How complicated were the EBIs?

• How well has the EBIs been received in your clinic?

Outer setting

• How well does the CRC control program meet the needs of your patients? In what ways?

• In your clinic, has there been a strong need to increase CRC screening rate? Why or why not?

Inner setting

• What supports were available to help you to adopt the EBIs?

• In your clinic, what kinds of incentives are there for making the implementation of EBIs successful?

• To what extent does your clinic set goals for the CRC control program?

• How do you think your clinic’s culture affects the implementation of these EBIs?

Characteristics of individual

• What has been your motivation for wanting to help ensure the implementation is successful?

• How confident are you about being able to use the EHR reminder (one of the EBIs) regularly in your clinic? How confident are your colleagues?

Process

• How do the EBIs fit with the workflow in your clinic?

• What kinds of information did you collect as you worked on improving your clinic’s CRC screening rate? How was that information used?