The role of guideline organizations in nationwide guideline implementation: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research indicates suboptimal uptake and impact of clinical practice guidelines in Dutch healthcare. Dutch guideline organizations, i.e. guideline developers, governmental agencies, health insurers and other national organizations, develop, authorize and/or support the use of guidelines in Dutch clinical practice. These organizations influence the end users' awareness, accessibility, understanding, acceptability and applicability of guidelines and, therefore, play a crucial role in guideline implementation. This study explores how they plan, execute, monitor and evaluate guideline dissemination and implementation.

Methods

Utilizing a qualitative design, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 35 participants from 24 guideline organizations. We conducted frame

SUBMITTER: Thoonsen AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11668013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature