Guideline adherence:How do boards of directors deal with it? A survey in Dutch hospitals

Objective: Adherence to guidelines is often low, as multiple barriers exist for guideline implementation. To tackle the implementation problem, awareness of the existence of guidelines is necessary for the health care process and setting as a whole. Purpose: Despite the importance of guidelines adherence, problems have been reported from hospitals in achieving this. This study gives insight into how boards of directors of general and specialist hospitals arrange the responsibilities for guideline adherence within their organisation, how they deal with guidelines for medical specialists and wha... Mehr ...