Increasing Adherence to Acute Otitis Media Treatment Duration Guidelines using a Quality Improvement Approach.
Increasing Adherence to Acute Otitis Media Treatment Duration Guidelines using a Quality Improvement Approach.
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DOI：
10.1097/pq9.0000000000000501
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发表时间：
2021-11
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Watson JR
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作者：
Uhl BD;Boutzoukas A;Gallup N;Patrick M;Stultz J;Porter C;Watson JR
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. This quality improvement initiative aimed to improve American Academy of Pediatrics acute otitis media (AOM) guideline adherence in pediatric urgent care sites by increasing the percentage of patients 2 years and older with AOM who received a short duration (7 days or fewer) of antibiotics from a baseline of 7% to a goal of 50%. This quality improvement initiative was conducted in a network of seven urgent care sites affiliated with a large academic children’s hospital. The interventions focused on clinician and family education, clinical decision support, and a discharge template that defaulted to a 7-day duration of antibiotics for patients 2 years and older diagnosed with AOM. The outcome measure was the percentage of patients receiving 7 days or fewer of antibiotics. The process measure was the percentage of prescriptions originating from the new discharge template. A repeat visit for AOM within 30 days from the initial visit was the balancing measure. The percentage of patients diagnosed with AOM receiving a short antibiotic course increased from a baseline of 7% to a new centerline mean of 67%, which exceeded the goal. This project resulted in 10,138 antibiotic days being avoided. Eighty-two percent of short-course prescriptions originated from the discharge template. Repeat visits for AOM within 1 month of the initial visit did not increase. A quality improvement initiative combining education and clinical decision support improved adherence to AOM treatment duration guidelines and avoided unnecessary antibiotic exposure in a pediatric urgent care network without increasing treatment failures.
