Creation and Validation of an Automated Registry for Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics.

ABSTRACT: Existing outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) registries are resource intensive, and OPAT programs struggle to produce objective data to show the value of their work. We describe the building and validation of an automated OPAT registry within our electronic medical record and provide objective data on the value of the program. Variables and outcomes include age, sex, race, ethnicity, primary insurance payor, antibiotic names, infection syndromes treated, discharge disposition, 30-day all-cause readmission and death rates, complications, and an estimate of the hospital days saved. Records for 146 OPAT episodes were reviewed manually to validate the registry. Data were displayed in a dashboard within the electronic medical record. Over the 4-year time frame, our registry collecte

SUBMITTER: Canterino J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10866572 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature