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QUERI Implementation Research Group

Using the Organizational Readiness for Change Assessment (ORCA) in Planning for Implementation: A Worked Example


by Anne Sales, PhD, RN
Seminar date: 7/6/2017

Description: In this presentation, I will present data from facilities adopting the newly released Life Sustaining Treatment Decision Initiative from the National Center for Ethics in Health Care regarding organizational readiness for change, and discuss ways to use the data to support implementation planning. This discussion will be useful for QUERI and other groups considering how to evaluate organizations and their level of preparedness for new initiatives.



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