New adoption and spread guidance now available for HITs

Working with the West of England Academic Health Science
Network (WEAHSN), Bristol Health Partners have created a guide to help Health
Integration Teams (HITs) successfully spread the innovations and service
improvements they develop.

The guide looks at ways of overcoming the many challenges
that face HITs when they try to ensure their work is adopted, sustained and
rolled out by service providers and commissioners.

Trish Harding, Evaluation Officer for Bristol Health
Partners said: “Across health improvement work,
only one third of healthcare projects are adopted and spread beyond
their unit or organisation. This guide sets out the requirements for the
successful adoption and spread of the innovation and improvement projects of
our Health Integration Teams (HITs) so it’s something that they think about and
build in from the beginning of project planning. HITs have already started using the guide, and we’re
pleased that they are finding it useful. We look forward to continuing working
with HITs to make sure their excellent work reaches as many people as possible ”

The guide can be viewed here.