Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation Strategy Patterns in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Clinics

Hysong, Sylvia J.; Best, Richard G.; Pugh, Jacqueline A.

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00610.x

Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation Strategy Patterns in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Clinics

Background. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mandated the system‐wide implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in the mid‐1990s, arming all facilities with basic resources to facilitate implementation; despite this resource allocation, significant variability still exists acro…