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Acceptability
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The perception among implementation stakeholders that a given treatment, service, practice, or innovation is agreeable, palatable, or satisfactory.
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Adoption
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The intention, initial decision, or action to try or employ an innovation or evidence-based practice. Adoption also may be referred to as “uptake.”
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Appropriateness
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The perceived fit, relevance, or compatibility of the innovation or evidence-based practice for a given practice setting, provider, or consumer, and/or perceived fit of the innovation to address a particular issue or problem.
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Costs
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The cost impact of an implementation effort, including itemized costs of administration overheads, commodities and supplies, and human resources.
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Coverage
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The extent to which an intervention provides services to the target population.
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Effectiveness
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How well the applied intervention or innovation successfully produces or influences the desired outcome.
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Efficiency
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How optimally resources are applied in the implementation of an intervention or innovation, or to what extent the intervention or innovation produces a desired output relative to its time and resource expenditure.
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Equity
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The absence of remedial differences in the delivery and reception of services of an intervention among its target population.
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Feasibility
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The extent to which a new treatment, or an innovation, can be successfully used or carried out within a given agency or setting.
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Fidelity
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The degree to which an intervention was implemented as it was prescribed in the original protocol or as it was intended by the program developers.
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Penetration
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The integration of a practice within a service setting and its subsystems.
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Quality
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The extent to which an intervention and its services are effective, timely, patient-centered, and safe. Quality can be considered a composite indicator of various dimensions and service indicators.
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Sustainability
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The extent to which a newly implemented treatment is maintained or institutionalized within a service setting’s ongoing, stable operations.
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Timeliness
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How rapidly an intervention or service addresses the intended target population or patient within an appropriate timeframe.
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