Secondary use of data from hospital electronic prescribing and pharmacy systems to support the quality and safety of antimicrobial use: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Christianne Micallef,
Navila Talib Chaudhry,
Alison Holmes,
Susan Hopkins,
Jonathan Benn,
Bryony Dean Franklin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx082
Subject(s) - pharmacy , medicine , antimicrobial , patient safety , electronic prescribing , quality (philosophy) , medical prescription , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pharmacology , health care , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth
Electronic prescribing (EP) and electronic hospital pharmacy (EHP) systems are increasingly common. A potential benefit is the extensive data in these systems that could be used to support antimicrobial stewardship, but there is little information on how such data are currently used to support the quality and safety of antimicrobial use.
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