Kaiser Permanente Researchers Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Through Physician Education and Intervention
November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017
PASADENA, California, Nov. 22 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release:
Physicians at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California reduced the odds of prescribing an antibiotic for sinusitis by 22 percent using computer alerts to inform doctors when antibiotics may not be the best course of treatment. The research was published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
The work is a continuation of research to better understand what drives over-prescript . . .
Physicians at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California reduced the odds of prescribing an antibiotic for sinusitis by 22 percent using computer alerts to inform doctors when antibiotics may not be the best course of treatment. The research was published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
The work is a continuation of research to better understand what drives over-prescript . . .