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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2019

14.09.2018 | Concise Research Reports

Use of Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Stewardship in Clostridioides difficile testing: an Academic Hospital Quasi-Experimental Study

verfasst von: Anne E. Friedland, MD, Sara Brown, MD, Danielle R. Glick, MD, Martha C. Lusby, RN, BSN, Daniel Lemkin, MD, Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Overdiagnosis of Clostridioides difficile as a cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea is a prevalent problem in the USA due to increasing use of highly sensitive nucleic acid amplification tests, combined with a low threshold for testing of patients in the absence of significant diarrhea and in the presence of laxatives.13 Others have reported on efforts at reducing unnecessary C. difficile testing through computerized clinical decision support (CCDS), with variable results.4, 5 We conducted a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of CCDS on appropriateness of C. difficile testing. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Use of Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Stewardship in Clostridioides difficile testing: an Academic Hospital Quasi-Experimental Study
verfasst von
Anne E. Friedland, MD
Sara Brown, MD
Danielle R. Glick, MD
Martha C. Lusby, RN, BSN
Daniel Lemkin, MD
Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH
Publikationsdatum
14.09.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4659-4

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