Adapting the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate the Impact of a Multi-Disciplinary Patient Care Transfer Pathway

Abstract

This article reports on the use of a RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework hybrid adaptation as a methodological approach to the evaluation of the implementation of a hospital transfer pathway (HTP) product (‘Red Bag'). In particular, it provides an insight into why functional adaptation of the RE-AIM model was necessary in the context of the work undertaken. Data analysis was guided by original principles of the RE-AIM framework, which is a recognised tool for understanding impact of an intervention in establishing a newly adapted hybrid model of implementation. Outcomes of the study were used to reflexively inform future working relationships between multi-agency partners in care.