Additionally, finding the appropriate person or group within a country to champion the implementation of a new surveillance system can be fraught with financial, political, territorial challenges.
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and nurse practitioner (NP) as change champions during the implementation of an evidence-based pain protocol in LTC.
Nurse practitioners became champions of the implementation of the Ottawa ankle rules, and among the junior medical staff uptake may have increased because the new request form gave a clear, evidence based framework for clinical assessment.
The cost was estimated using the 'opportunity cost of the work that would have otherwise been performed by the three department checklist champions and the implementation coordinator', which was an estimated $12 635 in 2008 dollars; per-use cost was only $11.
From that position she has championed the creation of a PN gender observatory, which is scrutinising the implementation of the quota and supporting female candidates.
Creek, a local community leader, champions the success of the town's Families Responsibilities Commission and its implementation of the Basics Card welfare control system.
The Office of Uganda's First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has since 2012 championed implementation of the country's eMTCT plan through country-wide regional advocacy and community dialogue, sensitization and mobilization eMTCT campaigns aiming at realising an HIV-free generation.
Participating authorities have also been asked to identify an officer champion and follow the implementation framework for their mental health strategy where it is relevant to the council's work and to local needs.
In the team model, the implementation was championed by intensivists with the bundle completed in the ICU and was associated with a greater improvement in the compliance [21].
The implementation champion in the practice setting need not be a physician as long as there is agreement that the change does need to come and be led by someone who is highly respected.
