Can Electronic Clinical Decision Support Systems Improve the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a commonly misdiagnosed infectious syndrome. Diagnostic stewardship interventions can reduce rates of asymptomatic bacteriuria treatment but are often labor intensive, and thus an automated means of reducing unnecessary urine testing is preferred. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we sought to identify studies describing interventions utilizing clinical decision support (CDS) to optimize UTI diagnosis and to characterize the effectiveness of these interventions.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive electronic search and manual reference list review for peer-reviewed articles published before July 2, 2021. Publications describing an intervention intending to enhance UTI diagnosis via CDS were included. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Hojat LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830539 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature