Designing for Clinical Change: Creating an Intervention to Implement New Statin Guidelines in a Primary Care Clinic.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Recent clinical practice guidelines from major national organizations, including a joint United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) committee, have substantially changed recommendations for the use of the cholesterol-lowering statin medications after years of relative stability. Because statin medications are among the most commonly prescribed treatments in the United States, any change in their use may have significant implications for patients and providers alike. Prior research has shown that effective implementation interventions should be both user centered and specifically chosen to address identified barriers. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to identify potential determinants of provider uptake of the new statin guideline

SUBMITTER: DeJonckheere M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941089 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature