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Antibiotic-related ADEs plummet and pharmacy costs shrink with computer-aided decision support
Clinical Resource Management
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
An 11-year effort by LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City to help physicians prescribe antibiotics wisely is paying off. Mortality among hospitalized patients receiving antibiotics declined to a rate of 1.79 per 100 patients in 1998 from 3.65 per 100 patients in 1988. What are the secrets? Epidemiology, human effort, and integrated data systems.