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- Title
Optimizing the language and format of guidelines to improve guideline uptake.
- Authors
Gupta, Samir; Rai, Navjot; Bhattacharrya, Onil; Cheng, Alice Y. Y.; Connelly, Kim A.; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Kaplan, Alan; Brouwers, Melissa C.; Kastner, Monika
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance of optimizing the language and format of clinical practice guidelines to improve guideline uptake, along with tips on how to increase guideline uptake. Topics discussed include reasons why clinicians do not use guidelines, the importance of language and format of guidelines, and ways to improve the intrinsic characteristics of guidelines. It also explores the challenge of poor uptake of guidelines across health systems.
- Subjects
CANADA; GUIDELINES; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; PHYSICIANS; MEDICAL care; HEALTH policy
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2016, Vol 188, Issue 14, pE362
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.151102