Evidence-based design: The ACOEM practice guidelines dissemination project

A steering committee and investigators from the American College of Occupat ional and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) designed and carried out the ACOEM Practice Guidelines Dissemination Project to encourage adoption of the ACO EM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, The project also involved res earch on guideline acceptance as well as potential improvements and additio ns to the guidelines, To increase guideline adoption and use in improving t he appropriateness and consistency of practice and case management, the des ign was based on existing research on guideline format, education and adopt ion efforts. This article summarizes that information and the needs assessm ent done prior to case-based guidelines training: Other articles in this is sue report on guideline adoption and use and the results of the market rese arch on the ACOEM guidelines.