Background: In 2011 the Colombian government funded, for the first time, a systematic initiative to introduce over 20 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPG) including hypertension (HTN). Upon publication of these CPGs (2013), there was not systematic plans for implementation. We report patterns of adherence to the recommendations listed in the HTN-CPG, both in 2013 and 2016 (before its first update). Methods: We conducted separated electronic surveys within members of the Colombian Association of Internal