Lagniappes: “A Little Something Extra” or Unintended Positive Consequences of Implementation Facilitation

What is it about?

Implementation science is the study of methods to ensure useful treatments, medicine, and therapies are actually used in healthcare settings. Facilitators are people who guide implementation of such treatment by supporting healthcare workers and leaders in planning, progressing, and sustaining a treatment in healthcare. Although facilitators are useful, they usually require investment from the healthcare site in time, money, or effort. In this study of facilitators implementing a complex mental health program in primary care, we identified and described unintended positive consequences facilitators had on healthcare staff or sites. These unintended positive consequences of having a facilitator assist with implementation might offset other costs of having them involved.

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