An implementation plan connects an idea to the people and resources that will make it usable. Describe the change in ordinary work, assign responsibility and choose a review point. Keep the distinction between an editorial planning aid and an approved clinical protocol clear.
Name the implementation problem
Specify the practice, the setting and the group affected. Ask whether the main barrier concerns skills, workflow, supplies, authority or incentives. Different barriers require different responses.
Make responsibilities explicit
For each step, name a responsible role, the required resource and the dependency that comes first. A plan that assumes staff time or connectivity without checking it is not yet ready for deployment.
Choose a review and an exit
Decide what evidence would support continuing, adapting or stopping the change. Record unintended consequences as well as intended results. Explain who can pause the intervention and how learning will be communicated.
Revisit a 2020 discussion
Implementing the new Global Strategy for elimination of cervical cancer