Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review

JL Kwan, L Lo, M Sampson… - Annals of internal …, 2013 - acpjournals.org
Medication reconciliation identifies and resolves unintentional discrepancies between
patients' medication lists across transitions in care. The purpose of this review is to …

Clinician‐targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: an overview of systematic reviews

SKG Tonkin‐Crine, P San Tan… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide health threat. Interventions that reduce
antibiotic prescribing by clinicians are expected to reduce antibiotic resistance. Disparate …

Computerised clinical decision support systems and absolute improvements in care: meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

JL Kwan, L Lo, J Ferguson, H Goldberg… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To report the improvements achieved with clinical decision support systems and
examine the heterogeneity from pooling effects across diverse clinical settings and …

[HTML][HTML] Core elements of outpatient antibiotic stewardship

GV Sanchez - MMWR. Recommendations and Reports, 2016 - cdc.gov
Summary The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provides a framework for
antibiotic stewardship for outpatient clinicians and facilities that routinely provide antibiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Provision of social norm feedback to high prescribers of antibiotics in general practice: a pragmatic national randomised controlled trial

M Hallsworth, T Chadborn, A Sallis, M Sanders… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing contributes to antimicrobial resistance. In
this trial, we aimed to reduce unnecessary prescriptions of antibiotics by general …

[HTML][HTML] European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2020

WJ Fokkens, VJ Lund, C Hopkins, PW Hellings, R Kern… - 2020 - observatorio.fm.usp.br
Resumo The European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 is the
update of similar evidence based position papers published in 2005 and 2007 and 2012 …

Antibiotic prescribing for adults in ambulatory care in the USA, 2007–09

DJ Shapiro, LA Hicks, AT Pavia… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To determine patterns of ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in US adults, including
the use of broad-spectrum versus narrow-spectrum agents, to provide a description of the …

US outpatient antibiotic prescribing variation according to geography, patient population, and provider specialty in 2011

LA Hicks, MG Bartoces, RM Roberts… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Appropriate antibiotic prescribing is an essential strategy to reduce the spread
of antibiotic resistance. US prescribing practices have not been thoroughly characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior change interventions and policies influencing primary healthcare professionals' practice—an overview of reviews

BF Chauhan, M Jeyaraman, AS Mann, J Lys… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is a plethora of interventions and policies aimed at changing practice
habits of primary healthcare professionals, but it is unclear which are the most appropriate …

Antimicrobial stewardship in outpatient settings: a systematic review

DM Drekonja, GA Filice, N Greer, A Olson… - infection control & …, 2015 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveEvaluate the effect of outpatient antimicrobial stewardship programs on
prescribing, patient, microbial outcomes, and costs. DesignSystematic …