Translating Clinical Guidelines Into Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in a Dynamic Health Care Environment

Emily B Vander Schaaf; Carl J Seashore; Greg D Randolph

doi:10.18043/ncm.76.4.230

Translating Clinical Guidelines Into Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in a Dynamic Health Care Environment

N C Med J. 2015 Sep-Oct;76(4):230-4. doi: 10.18043/ncm.76.4.230.

Authors

Emily B Vander Schaaf¹, Carl J Seashore², Greg D Randolph³

Affiliations

¹ fellow, Center for Public Health Quality, Raleigh, North Carolina; clinical instructor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina emily.v@phquality.org.
² associate professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
³ director, Center for Public Health Quality, Raleigh, North Carolina; professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

PMID: 26509513
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.76.4.230

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines are evidence-based recommendations with the potential to improve population health, yet they remain inconsistently utilized. In this commentary we discuss barriers and drivers to implementing clinical practice guidelines. We also suggest ways to support their translation into practice.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Practice*
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*

Grants and funding

T32 HP14001/PHS HHS/United States