Impact of a smartphone app on prescriber adherence to antibiotic guidelines in adult patients with community acquired pneumonia or urinary tract infections.

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Impact of a smartphone app on prescriber adherence to antibiotic guidelines in adult patients with community acquired pneumonia or urinary tract infections.

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BACKGROUND:Mobile phone apps have been shown to enhance guideline adherence by prescribers, but have not been widely evaluated for their impact on guideline adherence by prescribers caring for inpatients with infections. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether providing the Auckland City Hospital (ACH) antibiotic guidelines in a mobile phone app increased guideline adherence by prescribers caring for inpatients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) or urinary tract infections (UTIs). METHODS:We aud...

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2019-01-29

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Ritchie, Stephen / Ritchie, Stephen R / Duffy, Eamon / Thomas, Mark / McBride, Stephen / Read, Kerry / Chen, Rachel / Humphrey, Gayle

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/47070

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Humans / Community-Acquired Infections / Urinary Tract Infections / Pneumonia / Anti-Bacterial Agents / Adult / Aged / Middle Aged / Female / Male / Medication Adherence / Mobile Applications

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