About The Event
Learner category:
- Intermediate Level
Learning objectives:
- Participants will explore the concept of organizational readiness to change (ORC) and innovation adoption in the context of opiate substitution treatment (OST) services To get a brief overview of results from two systematic reviews conducted on ORC and (i) innovation adoption (ii) client engagement in addiction treatment services To understand the importance from a policy and treatment delivery perspective of having appropriate evidence on what organizational characteristics make some OST services better than others at responding to change. To understand the relationship between organizational functioning and the process of innovation adoption in the context of Irish OST services.
Abstract
Translating innovation, such as contemporary research evidence, into policy and practice is a challenge, not just in substance misuse treatment programs, but across all spheres of healthcare. Organizational readiness to change (ORC) has been described as a fundamental concept, and an important determinant of the process of innovation adoption. ORC measurements provide us with a measure of organizational functioning which can be important in terms of predicting how successfully new innovations are adopted. This cross sectional mixed methods study explores the relationship between ORC and innovation adoption in the context of Irish OST services (n=12). The ORC tool utilized demonstrates reliability in the Irish context. Better program resources and specific staff attributes increase the likely hood of successful innovation adoption. A good organizational climate is potentially the strongest predictor for the adoption of new practices.
Authors
Peter Kelly
MSc, BSc, Dip Counselling, RPN University College Cork
Mr Peter Kelly is a Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and The Programme Co-coordinator for the Post Graduate Diploma in Recovery Focused Mental Health Nursing at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC. He has been a registered mental health nurse since 2001 and has worked in mental health services as a staff nurse and nurse manager. Peter has spent the majority of his clinical career working in substance misuse treatment services where he has worked in both Ireland and the UK as a senior manager, nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. Peter was the first president of The Ireland Chapter of IntNSA which was founded in 2016 as the first chapter outside of the US. He continues to contribute to national drug policy as a member of a working group at the Department of Health in Ireland aimed at expanding the role of nurses in substance misuse services. His current PhD study is focusing on the relationship between organizational readiness to change and (i) innovation adoption (ii) service user engagement in community opiate substitute prescribing services in Ireland.
