Asthma guidelines implementation: a guide to the translation of GINA guidelines into improved care.
Eur Respir J. 2012 Jan 26;
Authors: Boulet LP, Fitzgerald JM, Levy ML, Cruz AA, Pedersen S, Haahtela T, Bateman ED
Abstract
In 1995 the Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA) published an evidence-based workshop report as a guide to clinicians managing asthma patients, and has updated it annually to ensure that recommendations remain current. Although the report has been widely disseminated and influenced clinical practice and research, its major objective, of forming the basis for local and country initiatives to improve services for asthma patients, remains to be achieved. Over recent years, the science of guideline implementation has progressed, and encouraging examples of successful asthma programmes published. This report is intended to draw on this experience and assist with the translation of asthma guideline recommendations into quality programmes for patients with asthma using current knowledge translation principles. It also provides examples of successful initiatives in various socio-economic settings.
PMID: 22282546 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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