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ArticleJournal of hospital medicine2025

Implementation of the Acute Inpatient Medicine-High Reliability, Learning Environment, and Workforce Development Initiative (AIM-HI) in rural Veterans Health Administration hospitals: A mixed methods evaluation protocol.

Heather M Gilmartin, Brigid Connelly, Marguerite Daus, Edward Hess, Chelsea Leonard, Brianne Morgan, John P Nolan, Paige Perry, Heidi Sjoberg, Soumya Subramaniam and 1 more

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Heather M GilmartinDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0264-4059
Brigid ConnellyDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7196-8997
Marguerite DausDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7640-9986
Edward HessDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Chelsea LeonardDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4865-4658
Brianne MorganDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-3602-0757
John P NolanIndependent Researcher, Veteran Partner, El Dorado, Arkansas, USA.
Paige PerryDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-7693-7884
Heidi SjobergDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9599-5626
Soumya SubramaniamDenver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0503-3499
Melver L AndersonVHA Hospital Medicine, Specialty Care Program Office, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Funding

HSRD VA IK2 HX002567VA Office of Research and Development, Health Systems Research and Development Service 1IK2HX002567-01A1Veterans Health Administration Office of Rural Health
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Abstract

introductionFew rural hospital medicine programs include workforce development training that provides social and professional support for interdisciplinary teams. Even fewer include training that creates supportive learning environments that result in higher staff satisfaction, lower burnout, and reduced turnover. The Acute Inpatient Medicine-High Reliability, Learning Environment, and Workforce Development Initiative (AIM-HI) aims to create supportive learning environments in Veterans Health Administration (VA) rural hospital medicine teams.

methodsAIM-HI is a type II hybrid implementation study utilizing a convergent mixed methods approach to evaluate the Relational Playbook, a workforce development intervention, and three implementation strategies: behavioral nudges, learning and leadership collaboratives, and leadership coaching. AIM-HI implementation will occur in waves, enrolling additional hospitals every 12 months. In the first wave, AIM-HI will be implemented at three tertiary VA hospitals that treat at least 1000 rural Veterans annually and have an active inpatient hospital medicine program. The primary outcomes in year 1 will be the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of AIM-HI assessed through participant surveys and interviews. In subsequent years, trends in the learning environment, job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover scores will be assessed using a linear mixed-effect model. DISCUSSION: The anticipated impact of AIM-HI is to evaluate the utility of the implementation strategies and assess trends in Playbook intervention outcomes. The Playbook has strong face validity; however, before large-scale adoption across the VA enterprise, it is essential to establish the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the Playbook and implementation strategies, as well as to gather data on AIM-HI effectiveness.

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Hospitals, RuralHospitals, VeteransUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsHumansJob SatisfactionLeadershipReproducibility of ResultsStaff DevelopmentUnited States

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PMID39149834
PMCPMC11696824

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