What hospitals need to know about guidelines-A mixed-method analysis of guideline implementation in Dutch hospitals.
Louise H K BlumeNico J H W van WeertJamiu O BusariAnnemiek M V StoopendaalDiana M J DelnoijPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2017)
If hospitals experience problems with guideline implementation, they tend to focus more on external expectations, leading to defensive behaviour. Hospitals that do not experience implementation problems focus more on integrating guidelines into their own policies.