Use of electronic pharmacy transaction data and website development to assess antibiotic use in nursing homes.

Sunah SongBrigid M WilsonJoseph MarekRobin L P Jump

Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2021)

Lack of resources and infrastructure contributes to challenges facing nursing homes as they develop antibiotic stewardship programs. Our experience with using pharmacy invoice data may serve as a useful approach for nursing homes to track and report antibiotic use.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
public health
machine learning
deep learning