BACKGROUND: The implementation of data science concepts, skills, and tools in critical care research and practice faces multiple, complex barriers. METHODS: We developed an implementation science-based framework and method for measuring the adoption, implementation, and sustainment of data science concepts, skills, and tools in critical care—the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Discovery Data Science Campaign (DSC) Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM). Our IRLM specifies constructs for: 1) key determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) influencing the implementation of data science concepts, skills, and tools in critical care; 2) implementation strategies deployed by the SCCM Discovery DSC to address these determinants; 3) theorized mechanisms of action by which these strategies affect outcomes; and 4) upstream and downstream implementation outcomes influenced by implementation strategies. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: We believe that our model can facilitate more rigorous measurement of theoretically grounded, empirically assessable factors driving implementation of data science concepts, skills, and tools in critical care.
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