Provider attitudes toward Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the growing importance of clinical guidelines, their adoption has encountered significant resistance among clinicians. We developed Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs) as an innovative, clinician-led approach to building, implementing, and constantly improving flexible guidelines. We hypothesized that SCAMPs would fit well within the culture of medicine and that clinicians would therefore prefer SCAMPs over other guidelines.

Methods

We implemented an anonymous, computer-based survey to analyze provider attitudes toward SCAMPs at our institution.

Results

Sixty-nine providers completed the questionnaire (73% response rate). Most providers reported a positive opinion about SCAMPs along axes of overall familiarity (83%), tru

SUBMITTER: Farias M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3384728 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature