The Role of Clinical Opinion Leaders in Guideline Implementation and Quality Improvement
CHEST JournalPublished 1 August 2000
Catherine Borbas, Nora Morris, Barbara McLaughlin, Richard Asinger, Fredarick L. Gobel
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Evolving in the use of significant opinion leaders is described and hospital quality improvement projects, undertaken by the Healthcare Education and Research Foundation, are used to illustrate the roles assumed by clinical opinion leaders.
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Over the past 12 years, HERF has identified the need to address not only the information needs of clinicians and organizations but also the social and organizational factors that interfere with the application of research and guidelines. The complexity of this task cannot be underestimated. However, armed with well-developed guidelines and the opportunity to work within structured guideline implementation programs with well-defined objectives and systematically applied methods, HERF's experience suggest local clinicians and communities can meet this challenge.
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