SynthesisBMC health services research2020
Unpacking organizational readiness for change: an updated systematic review and content analysis of assessments.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Surmounting Withdrawal to Initiate Fast Treatment with Naltrexone (SWIFT): A stepped wedge hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- "I'll leave that to the case managers." Healthcare Service Providers' Perceptions of Organizational Readiness for Change in a Randomized Controlled Trial-A Qualitative Analysis Exploring Implementation Success.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Research Challenges and Potential Solutions in Relation to Key Areas of Care.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Trial
- Determining the Organizational Culture and Readiness for Evidence-Based Practice Amongst Surgical Ward Nurses in Namibia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Factors affecting implementation of hospital inpatient-level care at home: a qualitative study of virtual wards in North West England.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Organizational readiness and program sustainability within juvenile justice and community mental health: the mediating role of cross-system collaboration.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- The Italian Organizational Culture and Readiness Scale for System-Wide Integration of EBP (OCRSIEP) Scale: Psychometric Adaptation of an Existing Scale.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2026Article
- Change fatigue profiles of clinical nurses and their associations with perceived organizational support and self-efficacy: A latent profile analysis.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Ready for change? The effect of profession and organization on patient safety culture and organizational readiness for change - a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Practice-informed implementation: a multi-method approach to map strategies for sustainable tobacco treatment integration within healthcare settings.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Organizational change readiness for team science: a pathway framework for team science success.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- The hedonic expectancy gap: a framework for understanding intention failure in precontemplation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- The perceived fit of guided iCBT in specialised mental healthcare services: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perspectives.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Assessing healthcare organizations' readiness to implement a learning health system: questionnaire validation using a Delphi method.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Evaluating health organization readiness for implementing a learning health system: a scoping review.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Building readiness in community-based organisations to enable the implementation of public health interventions for adults and older adults: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Enhancing Quality of Resident Care and Staff Efficiency Through Implementation of Sensors in the Long-Term Care Setting: A Multi-Site Mixed-Methods Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Readiness and leadership for the implementation of polygenic risk scores: Genetic healthcare providers' perspectives in the hereditary cancer context.Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundOrganizational readiness assessments have a history of being developed as important support tools for successful implementation. However, it remains unclear how best to operationalize readiness across varied projects or settings. We conducted a synthesis and content analysis of published readiness instruments to compare how investigators have operationalized the concept of organizational readiness for change.
methodsWe identified readiness assessments using a systematic review and update search. We mapped individual assessment items to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), which identifies five domains affecting implementation (outer setting, inner setting, intervention characteristics, characteristics of individuals, and implementation process) and multiple constructs within each domain.
resultsOf 1370 survey items, 897 (68%) mapped to the CFIR domain of inner setting, most commonly related to constructs of readiness for implementation (n = 220); networks and communication (n = 207); implementation climate (n = 204); structural characteristics (n = 139); and culture (n = 93). Two hundred forty-two items (18%) mapped to characteristics of individuals (mainly other personal attributes [n = 157] and self-efficacy [n = 52]); 80 (6%) mapped to outer setting; 51 (4%) mapped to implementation process; 40 (3%) mapped to intervention characteristics; and 60 (4%) did not map to CFIR constructs. Instruments were typically tailored to specific interventions or contexts. DISCUSSION: Available readiness instruments predominantly focus on contextual factors within the organization and characteristics of individuals, but the specificity of most assessment items suggests a need to tailor items to the specific scenario in which an assessment is fielded. Readiness assessments must bridge the gap between measuring a theoretical construct and factors of importance to a particular implementation.
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