Documentation-based clinical decision support to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Documentation-based clinical decision support to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial

<strong>Background</strong> and objective Clinical guidelines discourage antibiotic prescribing for many acute respiratory infections (ARIs), especially for non-antibiotic appropriate diagnoses. Electronic health record (EHR)-based clinical decision support has the potential to improve a...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Linder, Jeffrey Schnipper, Ruslana Tsurikova, Tony Yu, Lynn Volk, Andrea Melnikas, Matvey Palchuk, Maya Olsha-Yehiav, Blackford Middleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
Subjects:
antibacterial agents
computerised medical record systems
clinical decision support systems
respiratory tract infections
Online Access:http://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/742

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