TY - JOUR T1 - Strategies to promote guideline adoption: lessons learned from the implementation of a national COVID-19 hospital guideline across NHS Wales JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 262 LP - 267 DO - 10.7861/fhj.2022-0028 VL - 9 IS - 3 AU - Rhys Jefferies AU - Mark J Ponsford AU - Chris Davies AU - Sharon J Williams AU - Simon Barry Y1 - 2022/11/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/262.abstract N2 - There is little understanding about what proportion of the target audience have read guidelines published through the traditional approach. The COVID-19 pandemic created a particularly difficult scenario for healthcare professionals (HCP) since the evidence base rapidly changed. In response, we established a freely accessible, video-based online resource, which was formally implemented requiring user registration.The guideline rapidly gained more than 4,500 registrants in the first wave alone, including nearly 100% of respiratory, intensive care or emergency unit consultants in Wales. During the first wave, there were nearly 170,000 page views with over 31,000 video plays and an average of 5.8 visits to the site per registrant. Acceptability using an online survey showed widespread support and that the unsubscribe rates were remarkably low.We suggest that this novel approach to guideline implementation achieved its aim of widespread engagement and acceptability and serves as a potential model for future medical guidelines and education beyond COVID-19. ER -