Implementation of the Comparison of Outcomes and Access to Care for Heart Failure (COACH) trial

Summary

The KT Program supported implementation of the COACH intervention, which included a point-of-care risk assessment tool and a rapid ambulatory transitional heart failure clinic, across ten acute care hospitals in Ontario. We identified barriers and facilitators to implementation of the COACH intervention and used theoretical mapping to recommend strategies to sites to leverage facilitators and mitigate barriers. We conducted a process evaluation to assess uptake of these strategies and their impact on implementation success over time.

Project Resources

Funded By

  • Ontario SPOR Support Unit, The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, and ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care.

Principal Investigator

  • Douglas Lee

KTP Science Leads

  • Christine Fahim
  • Sharon Straus