A Multisite Collaborative to Decrease Inappropriate Antibiotics in Urgent Care Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urgent care (UC; a convenient site to receive care for ambulatory-sensitive) centers conditions; however, UC clinicians showed the highest rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among outpatient settings according to national billing data. Antibiotic prescribing practices in pediatric-specific UC centers were not known but assumed to require improvement. The aim of this multisite quality improvement project was to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing practices for 3 target diagnoses in pediatric UC centers by a relative 20% by December 1, 2019.

Methods

The Society of Pediatric Urgent Care invited pediatric UC clinicians to participate in a multisite quality improvement study from June 2019 to December 2019. The diagnoses included acute otitis media

SUBMITTER: Nedved A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895703 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature