What strategies are recommended for improving guideline implementation in patients with elevated cholesterol levels?
Interventions focused on improving adherence to prescribed therapy are recommended for management of adults with elevated cholesterol levels, including telephone reminders, calendar reminders, integrated multidisciplinary educational activities, and pharmacist-led interventions, such as simplification of the drug regimen. Additionally, clinicians, health systems, and health plans should identify patients who are not receiving guideline-directed medical therapy and should facilitate the initiation of appropriate guideline-directed medical therapy, using multifaceted strategies to improve guideline implementation, such as patient-clinician discussion to promote shared decision-making and discuss potential for ASCVD risk-reduction benefit, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, and patient preferences.