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    Moving behavioral interventions in nursing homes from planning to action: a work system evaluation of a urinary tract infection toolkit implementation

    Implementation evaluations based on a hybrid deductive-inductive approach provide a detailed understanding of organizational choices to introduce and implement complex interventions and may help explain implem...

    James H. Ford II, Anna T. Nora in Implementation Science Communications (2023)

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    Characteristics of telemedicine workflows in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

    The use of telemedicine increased dramatically in nursing homes (NHs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about the actual process of conducting a telemedicine encounter in NHs. The objectiv...

    James H Ford II, Sally A Jolles, Dee Heller in BMC Health Services Research (2023)

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    Stepped implementation-to-target: a study protocol of an adaptive trial to expand access to addiction medications

    In response to the US opioid epidemic, significant national campaigns have been launched to expand access to `opioid use disorder (MOUD). While adoption has increased in general medical care settings, specialt...

    James H. Ford II, Hannah Cheng, Michele Gassman in Implementation Science (2022)

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    There and back again: the shape of telemedicine in U.S. nursing homes following COVID-19

    Telemedicine use in nursing homes (NHs) expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of this study were to characterize plans to continue telemedicine among newly adopting NHs and identify factors lim...

    James H Ford II, Sally A Jolles, Dee Heller, Madeline Langenstroer in BMC Geriatrics (2022)

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    A peek behind the curtain: exploring coaching styles within the implementation and sustainment facilitation (ISF) strategy in the substance abuse treatment to HIV care study

    The Grasha-Riechmann teaching styles, which includes three didactic and two prescriptive styles, have been shown to help enhance learning within educational settings. Although an adaption of the Grasha-Riechma...

    James H. Ford II, Aaron M. Gilson in Implementation Science Communications (2021)

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    Influence of participation in a quality improvement collaborative on staff perceptions of organizational sustainability

    Sustainability capacity (SC), which is an organization’s ability to implement and maintain change, is influenced by internal attributes, environmental contextual influencers, and intervention attributes. Tempo...

    James H. Ford II, Aaron Gilson in BMC Health Services Research (2021)

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    Implementing integrated services in routine behavioral health care: primary outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial

    An estimated 8.2 million adults in the United States live with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Although the benefits of integrated treatment services for persons with co-occurring disor...

    Mehret T. Assefa, James H. Ford II, Eric Osborne in BMC Health Services Research (2019)

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    Using NIATx strategies to implement integrated services in routine care: a study protocol

    Access to integrated services for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders is a long-standing public health issue. Receiving integrated treatment services are both more effective...

    James H. Ford II, Eric L Osborne, Mehret T. Assefa in BMC Health Services Research (2018)

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    Testing the implementation and sustainment facilitation (ISF) strategy as an effective adjunct to the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) strategy: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

    Improving the extent to which evidence-based practices (EBPs)—treatments that have been empirically shown to be efficacious or effective—are integrated within routine practice is a well-documented challenge ac...

    Bryan R. Garner, Mark Zehner, Mathew R. Roosa in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2017)

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    Factors influencing the long-term sustainment of quality improvements made in addiction treatment facilities: a qualitative study

    A greater understanding of the factors that influence long-term sustainment of quality improvement (QI) initiatives is needed to promote organizational ability to sustain QI practices over time, help improve f...

    Scott P. Stumbo, James H. Ford II, Carla A. Green in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2017)

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    Adaptation of the Grasha Riechman Student Learning Style Survey and Teaching Style Inventory to assess individual teaching and learning styles in a quality improvement collaborative

    NIATx200, a quality improvement collaborative, involved 201 substance abuse clinics. Each clinic was randomized to one of four implementation strategies: (a) interest circle calls, (b) learning sessions, (c) c...

    James H. Ford II, James M. Robinson, Meg E. Wise in BMC Medical Education (2016)

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    Strategies to implement and sustain medication use for alcohol and opioid disorders

    James H Ford II, Raina Croff, Mady Chalk in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2015)

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    Teaching and learning styles in quality improvement: Identification and impact on process outcomes

    James H Ford II, James Robinson in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2015)

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    Disseminating quality improvement: study protocol for a large cluster-randomized trial

    Dissemination is a critical facet of implementing quality improvement in organizations. As a field, addiction treatment has produced effective interventions but disseminated them slowly and reached only a frac...

    Andrew R Quanbeck, David H Gustafson, James H Ford II in Implementation Science (2011)