Christian D. Helfrich

Dissemination and implementation research; implementation science; organizational change; change management; de-implementation of ineffective and harmful practice

• Master of Health Administration Program
• Health Promotion Research Center
• VA Puget Sound Health Care System Research and Development

Fishleder S, Harris JR, Petrescu-Prahova M, Kohn M, Helfrich CD. Development and Feasibility Testing of the Clinical-Community Linkage Self-Assessment Survey for Community Organizations. Front Public Health. 2022 May 20;10:797468. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.797468. eCollection 2022.  PMID: 35669755    PMCID: PMC9163549

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Doll JA, Beaver K, Naranjo D, Waldo SW, Maynard C, Helfrich CD, Rao SV. Trends in Arterial Access Site Selection and Bleeding Outcomes Following Coronary Procedures, 2011-2018. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 May;15(5):e008359. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008359. Epub 2022 Mar 11.  PMID: 35272504

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Harris JR, Kava CM, Chan KCG, Kohn MJ, Hammerback K, Parrish AT, Helfrich CD, Hannon PA. Pathways to Employee Outcomes in a Workplace Health Promotion Program. Am J Health Promot. 2022 May;36(4):662-672. doi: 10.1177/08901171211066898. Epub 2022 Jan 4.  PMID: 34983199    PMCID: PMC9012684

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Duan KI, Helfrich CD, Rao SV, Neely EL, Sulc CA, Naranjo D, Wong ES. Cost analysis of a coaching intervention to increase use of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Oct 27;2(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00219-5.  PMID: 34706775    PMCID: PMC8554885

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Beaver K, Naranjo D, Doll J, Maynard C, Taylor L, Plomondon M, Waldo S, Helfrich CD, Rao SV. Design and baseline results of a coaching intervention for implementation of trans-radial access in percutaneous coronary intervention. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Dec;111:106606. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106606. Epub 2021 Oct 25.  PMID: 34710590

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ORCID ID: 0000000298274768

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Scopus ID: 13407517300

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
PI:   Flum           Dates:    10/1/2022 - 9/30/2025

US Department of Defense (DOD)
PI:   Wood           Dates:    10/1/2019 - 9/30/2021

Improving Safety and Quality through Evidence-Based De-Implementation of Ineffective Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Dr. Helfrich serves as Co-PI of a five-year QUERI program studying de-implementation strategies of harmful and ineffective clinical practices across multiple settings. The program incorporates extensive data on organizational context and stakeholder needs, and includes close partnerships with both national clinical leaders and local clinical champions.

http://www.queri.research.va.gov/programs/safety_quality.cfm

The Organizational Readiness to Change Assessment (ORCA)

The ORCA is a structured self-report survey tool to assess the collective readiness of a clinical team or unit to implement a specific evidence-based clinical practice change, such as introducing hepatitis C screening and treatment in substance-use disorder clinics, or use of an evidence-based dosing algorithm for titrating warfarin in anti-coagulation clinics. Dr. Helfrich led a multi-site psychometric study of the ORCA and currently serves as co-investigator on three multi-site implementation trials that are using the ORCA, or have adapted the ORCA as part of implementation support activities.

http://www.nccmt.ca/resources/search/187

Evaluations of Veterans Health Administration Transformational Initiatives

Dr. Helfrich has helped evaluate four VA initiatives to improve specialty care access and care coordination through the use of alternative consultation modalities, such as electronic specialty consults (via the electronic health record), and to expand the capabilities of primary care providers to manage specialty conditions.

Evaluating Implementation of the VA Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT) initiative

In 2010, the VA began national implementation of a patient-centered medical home model emphasizing team-based care, alternative modalities for communicating with patients, such as secure messaging, and population-based, proactive health care. Dr. Helfrich was part of the national PACT evaluation, chairing a working group of researchers and consultants to design and field a national primary care employee survey, with particular attention to assessing team-based care, barriers to effective team functioning and employee burnout. Many presentations of the findings from this work are available as video seminars:

• VA Primary Care team functioning and organizational support for change, 2011 and 2012
• Extent of PACT implementation and associations with primary care employee burnout
• Burnout and working to top of competency in VA Primary Care: 2012 to 2013
• Facilitators and barriers associated with implementation of the VA Patient-Centered Medical Home
• Changes in VA Primary Care team functioning, working to top of competency and burnout from 2012-2014
• How much is burnout among VA Primary Care teams associated with staffing and workload?

Knowledge Utilisation Colloquium

• Dr. Helfrich serves on the international organizing committee for the international Knowledge Utilisation Colloquium. The 'KU' is an annual meeting of scholars from the Commonwealth Countries, Sweden, and the US, studying dissemination and implementation. Launched in 2001, KU was among the first professional gatherings devoted to research on how knowledge or evidence-based clinical practices were translated into routine, sustained use.

UW Veterans Education Benefits Office

• For current or prospective UW students who are Veterans, and need information about VA support and benefits, please contact the UW Veterans Education Benefits Office. The team there is fantastic and can provide help with applying for benefits, obtaining tuition waivers, and connecting with student Veteran groups. Thank you for all you do to make our country stronger, and welcome to the UW community--Go Dawgs!