Does electronic stewardship work?
case_series · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28371928.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/jamia/ocx024 and PMC identifier 7651978.
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Abstract
Faced with national requirements to promote antimicrobial stewardship and reduce drug-resistant infections, community hospitals are challenged to make the best use of existing resources. Eighteen months after building antibiotic decision support into our electronic order platform, high-risk antibiotic use decreased by 83% (P < .001) at our community hospital. Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections declined 24% (P = .07).
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Clostridium Infections
- Cross Infection
- Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted
- Drug Utilization