Table 2 Examples of Clinical Decision Support Tools
From: Antimicrobial stewardship in the primary care setting: from dream to reality?
Intervention | Impact on antibiotic use |
|---|---|
Reduction in antibiotic prescribing. | |
Clinical prediction rules integrated into Electronic Health Records [18] | Reduction in antibiotic prescribing. |
Clinical pathways/guidelines (print based or Electronic Health Record strategies) and patient education materials [17, 19, 32, 45, 46] | Reduction in antibiotic prescribing. |
Greater adherence to guidelines. | |
Increase in appropriate antibiotic prescribing. | |
Decrease in use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. |