title: An intervention to change clinician behavior: Conceptual framework for the multicolored simplified asthma guideline reminder (MSAGR).
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines decrease variation in health care because they standardize the care offered by healthcare providers. Seventeen years after publication, the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines are considered the "gold standard" in asthma care, yet they remain underutilized despite three revisions with the latest in July 2007. Multiple factors are presented for lack of adherence to the guidelines. This article discusses the Multicolored, Simplified Asthma Guideline Reminder (MSAGR), an algorithm chart intervention for helping change clinicians' behavior for better adherence to the NAEPP guidelines, and describes the conceptual framework underpinning this intervention as a means of predicting better outcomes for providers and children.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0782, USA. molaughlen@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: O'Laughlen
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hollen
authors.forename: Stanislaus
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ting
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma; D002983:Clinical Competence; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States