title: Addressing antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in an academic family medicine practice.
abstract: The objective of this study was to educate health care providers and patients to reduce overall antibiotic prescription rates for patients with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI). An interdisciplinary quality improvement team used the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control quality improvement process to change patient expectations and provider antibiotic prescribing patterns. Providers received personal and group academic detailing about baseline behaviors, copies of treatment guidelines, and educational materials to use with patients. Get Smart About Antibiotics Week materials educated patients about appropriate antibiotic use. Providers collected demographic and clinical information about a case series of patients with ARTIs and their subsequent provision of antibiotics. In total, 241 patients with ARTIs were accrued. The antibiotic prescribing rate for patients aged 18 years and older was significantly reduced from 69% at baseline to 56% after interventions (95% confidence interval = 49.1%-63.4%; P<.001). Providers' prescribing behaviors significantly improved after multiple quality improvement interventions.
authors: 1Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
authors: Michael L
authors: ML
authors: Grover
authors: Jon T
authors: JT
authors: Nordrum
authors: Martina
authors: M
authors: Mookadam
authors: Richard L
authors: RL
authors: Engle
authors: Carolyn C
authors: CC
authors: Moats
authors: Brie N
authors: BN
authors: Noble
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: antibacterial agents; primary health care; quality improvement; respiratory tract infections