Implementation and evaluation of practice guidelines and information materials in health care workers (physicians and pharmacists)

摘要

Professional guidelines provide the foundation for better and cost-effective practice. The primary goals of this task were to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of developed protocols and guidelines on healthcare professionals' (physicians, pharmacists, nurses) attitude, knowledge and reported behaviour via two different approaches: i) by using an integrated (ICT) tool (additional software integrated into the ICT software used by the professional in his/her daily practice; country specific development) and ii) by using a non-integrated tool for presenting the protocols and guidelines (ICT tool developed within the framework of DRUID project). Positive change has been found for both professional groups but for pharmacists this was revealed for all clusters of behavioural items under investigation. The application of DRUID guidelines was successful and the positive change in professionals' acceptance pinpoints the readiness of health care professionals to adopt them.