Use of an electronic health record clinical decision support tool to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections: The ABX-TRIP study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 810-816

  Litvin, Cara B ^a   Ornstein, Steven M ^a   Wessell, Andrea M ^a   Nemeth, Lynne S ^b   Nietert, Paul J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute respiratory infections; antibiotic prescribing; clinical decision support; electronic health records

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878593693     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2267-2     Document Type: Article

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