Decision support for community-based empirical antibiotic prescribing.
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is common, and the consequences are severe. Prescribing guidelines are intended to reduce inappropriate prescribing. Guidelines, though, give empirical antibiotic treatment recommendations that are general and not tailored to local prevalence patterns. A computerized decision support system for empirical antibiotic prescribing that considers the likely infectious organism, antibiotic susceptibility, and patient characteristics, should decrease inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. We describe the design of such a system and the setting for its evaluation.
Teltsch
Dana
D
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Pinelle
David
D
Winslade
Nancy
N
Hanley
James
J
Buckeridge
David
D
Tamblyn
Robyn
R
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents