title: A practical tool to identify and eliminate barriers to compliance with evidence-based guidelines.
abstract: A practical tool provides an interdisciplinary approach to identify barriers to guideline compliance and implement actions to eliminate or mitigate the effect of the barriers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Quality and Safety Research Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. agurses1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Ayse P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gurses
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Berenholtz
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pronovost
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*