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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?