Translating guidelines into practice via implementation science: an update in lipidology.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Guidelines provide recommendations for clinicians based on the best available evidence and informed by clinical expertise. These recommendations often fail to be utilized by clinicians hindering the translation of evidence into practice. The purpose of this review is to describe novel ways in which implementation science has been used to improve translation of guidelines into clinical practice in the field of lipidology.

Recent findings

We searched PubMed for articles related to guideline implementation in lipidology published in 2021 and 2022. Identified articles were categorized into three domains: first, poor uptake of guideline recommendations in practice; second, implementation science as a solution to improve care; and third, examples of how implement

SUBMITTER: Jones LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature