Qualitative changes in clinical records after implementation of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship program: a text mining analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are essential for optimizing antimicrobial use, but many medium-sized hospitals lack infectious disease (ID) specialists. Ward pharmacists can contribute to ASPs, but the qualitative changes in their practice patterns after ASP implementation remains unclear. We aimed to explore the potential of text mining as a novel methodology to evaluate changes in ward pharmacist antimicrobial management practices after ASP implementation in a medium-sized hospital without ID physicians.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational analysis of data documented in clinical records by ward pharmacists in a 313-bed community hospital from April 2014 to March 2022. The ASP team conducted weekly reviews of targeted patients, provided

SUBMITTER: Sawada K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020132 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature