Journal
JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue 9, Pages 1345-1354Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0459
Keywords
community paramedicine; emergency medical services; mobile integrated healthcare; paramedic
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- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) [150577]
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The study identified key elements for implementing the Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home Program, including the importance of inter-sectoral communication, locally adapted training, a shift in mindset away from traditional paramedic roles, and early engagement of diverse stakeholders with planning for sustainability. The framework analysis using CFIR constructs highlighted essential elements for successful scale and spread of the program, such as cosmopolitanism, adaptability, implementation climate, engagement, and planning.
Background: Comfort care without transport to hospital was not traditionally a paramedic practice. The novel Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home Program includes a new clinical practice guideline, medications, a database to manage and share goals of care, and palliative care training. This study determined essential elements for implementation, scale, and spread of this Program.Methods: Deliberative dialogs, a qualitative method, were held with diverse stakeholders/experts in one province with the Program (Nova Scotia, March 2018) and one without (British Columbia, July 2018). The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) informed the discussion guide and was used in a framework analysis. Four team members analyzed the data independently; themes were derived by consensus with the broader research team.Results: CFIR constructs framed several key elements. Inter-sectoral communication is critical but challenged by privacy concerns and the siloed structure of the health system. Locally adapted training is an essential characteristic of the intervention; cost is a factor. A shift in mindset away from traditional paramedic roles is required; this can be facilitated by paramedic champions and a positive implementation climate. Early engagement of diverse stakeholders and planning for sustainability is key.Conclusion: This framework analysis using CFIR constructs can guide successful scale and spread of the program. The constructs of Outer setting: Cosmopolitanism; Characteristics of the intervention: Adaptability; Inner Setting: Implementation climate; and Processes: Engagement, and Planning, emerged as essential.
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