title: Practical implementation science: developing and piloting the quality implementation tool.
abstract: According to the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation, implementation is a major mechanism and concern in bridging research and practice. The growing number of implementation frameworks need to be synthesized and translated so that the science and practice of quality implementation can be furthered. In this article, we: (1) use the synthesis of frameworks developed by Meyers et al. (Am J Commun Psychol, 2012) and translate the results into a practical implementation science tool to use for improving quality of implementation (i.e., the Quality Implementation Tool; QIT), and (2) present some of the benefits and limitations of the tool by describing how the QIT was implemented in two different pilot projects. We discuss how the QIT can be used to guide collaborative planning, monitoring, and evaluation of how an innovation is implemented.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. meyersd@mailbox.sc.edu
authors.forename: Duncan C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wandersman
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Scaccia
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care