Successful adoption of an advance care planning evidence-based practice: impact of clinical champion and site factors
Results suggest that champion belief in the importance of the evidence-based practice, commitment to the program, motivation to serve as a champion, and engagement with peers are characteristics common among champions at sites that successfully adopted the evidence-based practice. At the site-level, the degree of leadership engagement and the priority of implementing the evidence-based practice emerged as factors influencing success. These findings can assist future healthcare interventions and programs in identifying clinical champions for implementing evidence-based practices.
Authors
- Connie S. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-9696)
- Jennifer Kononowech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9683-6739)
- Leah Haverhals (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-5491)
- Kate H. Magid
- Cari Levy
- Andrew Murray
- Mary Ersek
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research (US)
- Philadelphia VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of Baltimore (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Implementation Science
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-026-01483-6
- Primary Topic
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Quality Enhancement Research Initiative