biostudies-literatureTaber PHealth Services Research and DevelopmentNLM NIH HHSHSRD VA862-867https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8991288biostudies-literatureUnknown49(7)<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate antimicrobial stewards' experiences of using a dashboard display integrating local and national antibiotic use data implemented in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This paper reports early formative evaluation.<h4>Design</h4>Qualitative interviewing.<h4>Setting</h4>Eight VA hospitals participated with established antimicrobial stewardship (AS) programs participated in the pilot.<h4>Participants</h4>Six infectious disease physicians and eight clinical pharmacists agreed to be interviewed (n = 14).<h4>Methods</h4>A 3-part qualitative interview script was used involving a description of local stewardship activities, a Critical Incident description of dashboard use, and general questions regarding attitudes towards the tool. An inductive open coding aAmerican journal of infection controlSocial dynamics of a population-level dashboard for antimicrobial stewardship: A qualitative analysis.PMC8991288CRE 12–313IK2 HX001165I01 HX001155T15 LM007124Samore MHChou AFTaber PButler JMGraber CJMadaras-Kelly KZhang YGlassman PAGoetz MBJones MMWeir CfalseSocial dynamics of a population-level dashboard for antimicrobial stewardship: A qualitative analysis.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate antimicrobial stewards' experiences of using a dashboard display integrating local and national antibiotic use data implemented in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This paper reports early formative evaluation.<h4>Design</h4>Qualitative interviewing.<h4>Setting</h4>Eight VA hospitals participated with established antimicrobial stewardship (AS) programs participated in the pilot.<h4>Participants</h4>Six infectious disease physicians and eight clinical pharmacists agreed to be interviewed (n = 14).<h4>Methods</h4>A 3-part qualitative interview script was used involving a description of local stewardship activities, a Critical Incident description of dashboard use, and general questions regarding attitudes towards the tool. An inductive open coding a2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jul2025-04-27T01:07:02.022Z2025-04-06T18:09:49.402ZS-EPMC89912883351562210.1016/j.ajic.2021.01.015