Search results for "Stewardship"
Fluoroquinolones prescribed frequently, often inappropriately, at hospital discharge, study finds
In a retrospective cohort review at 122 Veterans Health Administration hospitals, 39.1% of fluoroquinolone days of therapy were prescribed for inpatients and 60.9% were prescribed at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/3.htm
9 Oct 2019
Interns' days, patients' hands
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2019
Working together to stop superbugs
Regional efforts track patients with drug-resistant organisms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/working-together-to-stop-superbugs.htm
15 Sep 2019
Telehealth-based antimicrobial stewardship program worked in 2 community hospitals
The program, which included remote consults with infectious disease physicians, led to reductions in broad-spectrum antibiotic use and antimicrobial expenditures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/11/3.htm
11 Sep 2019
Pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship strategies worked in community hospitals
While both a modified preauthorization intervention and postprescription audit and review intervention were feasible, the latter led to more antibiotic de-escalation and may have decreased overall antimicrobial use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/2.htm
21 Aug 2019
Telemedicine, from both sides now
Hospitalists both give and receive support through the screen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/telemedicine-from-both-sides-now.htm
15 Aug 2019
Anthrax checklist, email security
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2019
Duty hours, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2019
Home care vs. SNF, sepsis mortality
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2019
Two-thirds of patients admitted for pneumonia received excess antibiotic therapy
Antibiotics prescribed at discharge accounted for 93.2% of excess days of therapy in the multihospital study, highlighting “an urgent and unmet need for discharge stewardship,” the authors wrote.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/1.htm
10 Jul 2019