An Implementation Science Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers.

Kabir YadavAubyn StahmerRakesh D MistryLarissa May

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2019)

We demonstrate that implementation science approaches can help address the problem of unnecessary antibiotic use in EDs and UCCs with high acceptability and adoption. Similar approaches could be used to tailor quality improvement interventions in these settings.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
patient safety
public health
healthcare
primary care
physical activity
palliative care
acute care
health insurance