Electronic System Slashes Antibiotic Use

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An algorithm-driven risk assessment embedded in an electronic health record (EHR) helped clinicians reduce inappropriate broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing by 17.4% and 28.4% in patients with UTIs and pneumonia, respectively, according to two related studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The randomized control trials included more than 200,000 adult patients with non–life threatening […]

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Publish date : 2024-04-24 17:12:21

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