ePrescribing-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in an English National Health Service Hospital: Qualitative Interview Study Among Medical Prescribers and Pharmacists.
Kathrin CresswellSusan HinderAziz SheikhSarah Katie PontefractNeil W WatsonD Ashley PriceAndrew HeedJamie J ColemanHolly EnnisJillian BeggsAntony ChuterRobin WilliamsPublished in: JMIR formative research (2023)
Design of ePrescribing-based interventions to improve AMS needs to take into account the multitude of actors and organizational complexities involved in the prescribing and review processes. Interventions that help reduce prescriber or reviewer uncertainty and improve multidisciplinary collaboration surrounding initial antimicrobial prescribing and subsequent prescription review are most likely to be effective. Without such attention, interventions are unlikely to fulfill their goal of improving patient outcomes and combatting antimicrobial resistance.