CFIR construct codes | Operationalized definitions |
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Characteristics of the innovation domain | Codes capturing information specific to the practice regardless of where it is being implemented |
aInnovation type | |
• Essential vs. non-essential | A practice that provided essential care vs. non-essential care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic |
• Virtual vs. in-person | A practice that was virtual vs. in-person |
Outer setting domain | Codes capturing information specific to the setting outside the facility |
aCommunity characteristics | Stakeholder perception of community characteristics impacting the practice, including but not limited to socio-cultural (e.g., white-supremacy, ableism), socio-economic (e.g., social assistance, housing), socio-political (e.g., government), and/or socio-geographical (e.g., built environment) characteristics. |
Patient needs and resources | Stakeholder perception of patient needs, preferences, and resources |
External policies and incentives | Stakeholder perception of policies impacting the practice, e.g., the CDC’s guidance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, VHA policy changes |
Inner setting domain | Codes capturing information specific to the setting within the facility |
aEmployee needs and resources | Stakeholder perception of employee needs, preferences, and resources |
Tension for change | Stakeholder perception of the level of need for the practice, including relevance or irrelevance of the practice during the COVID-19 pandemic |
Compatibility | Stakeholder perception of the compatibility of the practice with existing workflows and processes |
Available resources | Stakeholder perception of the resources available to support the practice, e.g., space, equipment |
Process domain | Codes capturing information specific to the implementation and/or sustainment process |
Executing | |
• aAdapting | Stakeholder perception of the extent to which the practice was or was not adapted |
Engaging | |
• aKey stakeholders | Stakeholder perception of the extent to which employees are available and/or engaged to deliver or do the practice |
aOutcomes domain | Codes capturing primary outcomes |
Sustained: ongoing | The practice is in use and ongoing |
Sustained: COVID-hold | The practice is in use but on a temporary hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Partially sustained | The practice is partially in use, e.g., only some components of the practice are in place |
Never implemented/not re-implemented/not sustained | The practice is not in use |
aRelationship codes | Codes (denoted by symbols) capturing relationships between constructs |
| | Hindered and/or stopped |
> | Facilitated and/or led to |