Use of Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Stewardship in Clostridioides difficile testing: an Academic Hospital Quasi-Experimental Study

J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):31-32. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4659-4.

Authors

Anne E Friedland¹, Sara Brown¹, Danielle R Glick¹, Martha C Lusby¹, Daniel Lemkin², Surbhi Leekha³

Affiliations

¹ University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 S. Paca St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
³ University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 S. Paca St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. sleekha@som.umaryland.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; clinical decision support; diagnostic stewardship; overdiagnosis.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers*
Algorithms*
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
Decision Support Systems, Clinical / statistics & numerical data*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / standards*
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Quality Improvement*
Retrospective Studies