The Implementation of Digital Interventions in Healthcare Services
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Implementing Digital Interventions in healthcare services: a qualitative exploration of stakeholder experience
IRAS ID
270142
Contact name
Sarah Sollesse
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
SilverCloud Health
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 1 days
Research summary
Implementing novel, evidence-based interventions of any kind into healthcare contexts is often a complex process. For instance, it has been estimated that it takes 15-17 years for 14% of medical research to make it to the point of benefiting patients and other intended end-users (Balas & Boren, 2000; Morris, Wooding & Grant, 2011). This gap in the uptake of evidence-based practices is know as the "evidence-to-practice gap". One such intervention of interest is internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT), the practice of translating face-to-face of group CBT protocols to an online format. The current research seeks to qualitatively explore the experiences of groups involved with the implementation of iCBT interventions in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Services in the NHS. These groups will consist of psychological healthcare professionals (psychological wellbeing practitioners, service managers, clinicians), patients and individuals associated with the provision and development of an iCBT intervention (commercial/sales people, customer success managers, product developers). This research aims to investigate the lived experience of implementing internet-delivered interventions in modern healthcare services, as well as the factors that are of most importance to the relevant stakeholder groups involved.
REC name
London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/PR/0043
Date of REC Opinion
5 Aug 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion