title: Facilitators and barriers of implementing the chronic care model in primary care: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is a framework developed to redesign care delivery for individuals living with chronic diseases in primary care. The CCM and its various components have been widely adopted and evaluated, however, little is known about different primary care experiences with its implementation, and the factors that influence its successful uptake. The purpose of this review is to synthesize findings of studies that implemented the CCM in primary care, in order to identify facilitators and barriers encountered during implementation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study identified English-language, peer-reviewed research articles, describing the CCM in primary care settings. Searches were performed in three data bases: Web of Knowledge, Pubmed and Scopus. Article abstracts and titles were read based on whether they met the following inclusion criteria: 1) studies published after 2003 that described or evaluated the implementation of the CCM; 2) the care setting was primary care; 3) the target population of the study was adults over the age of 18 with chronic conditions. Studies were categorized by reference, study design and methods, participants and setting, study objective, CCM components used, and description of the intervention. The next stage of data abstraction involved qualitative analysis of cited barriers and facilitators using the Consolidating Framework for Research Implementation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This review identified barriers and facilitators of implementation across various primary care settings in 22 studies. The major emerging themes were those related to the inner setting of the organization, the process of implementation and characteristics of the individual healthcare providers. These included: organizational culture, its structural characteristics, networks and communication, implementation climate and readiness, presence of supportive leadership, and provider attitudes and beliefs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings highlight the importance of assessing organizational capacity and needs prior to and during the implementation of the CCM, as well as gaining a better understanding of health care providers' and organizational perspective.
authors: School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada. mkadu@uwaterloo.ca.
authors: Mudathira K
authors: MK
authors: Kadu
authors: School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada. stolee@uwaterloo.ca.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Stolee
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058996:Quality Improvement
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