An Insight Into the Hybrid Adaptation of the RE-AIM Framework in the Evaluation of the Impact of a Multiagency Patient Care Transfer Pathway: The “Red Bag”

Abstract

The Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework is a methodological approach, now widely recognized for its reliably effective assessment of the impact of practice-based health service interventions. This case study provides an insight into the development of a new hybrid adaptation model of the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance methodology, which was consequently implemented in a research evaluation commissioned by Health Education England. This research case study contributes to the currently limited published dissemination of the way that the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework can be adapted to evaluate implementation interventions in the context of multiagency health care settings. The focus and contextual setting for the evaluation is a regional Hospital Transfer Pathway product (the “Red Bag”) across the North of England, UK.