ERIC — Strategy Selection & Misuse (Practitioner Diagnostic Deck)

Question 1

What is ERIC actually for?

Answer 1

ERIC is a taxonomy of implementation strategies meant to support deliberate strategy selection. It is not a checklist of actions to deploy indiscriminately.

Question 2

What problem does ERIC help prevent?

Answer 2

Random or habitual strategy use, such as defaulting to training, reminders, or mandates without diagnosing the underlying constraint.

Question 3

What is the most common ERIC misuse?

Answer 3

Selecting strategies based on familiarity or ease rather than alignment with diagnosed determinants.

Question 4

Why is ERIC dangerous without diagnosis?

Answer 4

Because misaligned strategies increase burden, resistance, and mistrust while appearing proactive.

Question 5

What question should precede any ERIC strategy choice?

Answer 5

What specific constraint is limiting adoption, correct use, or sustainment right now?

Question 6

When does training make sense as a strategy?

Answer 6

When lack of knowledge or skill is the primary constraint and workflow and capacity are already supportive.

Question 7

When does training reliably fail?

Answer 7

When time pressure, workflow misfit, or design complexity are the true constraints.

Question 8

What does ERIC say about reminders and alerts?

Answer 8

They are weak strategies that rely on attention and memory and should not compensate for poor design.

Question 9

When do reminders backfire?

Answer 9

When they add noise, increase cognitive load, or signal loss of trust.

Question 10

What strategy cluster is most overused?

Answer 10

Train and educate stakeholders. It is easy to deploy but often misaligned.

Question 11

What strategy cluster is most underused?

Answer 11

Change infrastructure and workflow. These are harder but higher-leverage.

Question 12

What ERIC insight helps avoid compliance framing?

Answer 12

Strategies should reduce friction and increase fit, not increase surveillance or enforcement.

Question 13

When do mandates appear to work but actually fail?

Answer 13

When they produce surface adoption with hidden workarounds and fragile sustainment.

Question 14

What strategy mistake creates strategy churn?

Answer 14

Switching strategies repeatedly without revisiting the original determinant diagnosis.

Question 15

How does ERIC interact with CFIR?

Answer 15

CFIR identifies determinants; ERIC helps select strategies matched to those determinants.

Question 16

What ERIC mistake harms equity?

Answer 16

Applying uniform strategies across sites with unequal capacity and resources.

Question 17

When does facilitation make sense as a strategy?

Answer 17

When coordination, sense-making, or local adaptation are the limiting factors.

Question 18

When does facilitation become a crutch?

Answer 18

When it substitutes for fixing structural or design problems.

Question 19

What ERIC strategy signals good implementation maturity?

Answer 19

Shifting from external support to embedded, routine system changes.

Question 20

What is a red flag that a strategy is misaligned?

Answer 20

Rising burden, workarounds, or enforcement despite increased effort.

Question 21

In one line, how should practitioners use ERIC?

Answer 21

As a menu of options to choose from deliberately, based on diagnosed constraints—not as a list of things to do.