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iP hones, iP ads, and Medical Applications for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Author(s) -
Goff Debra A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.2012.01102.x
Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , stewardship (theology) , business , health care , continuing medical education , pharmacist , antimicrobial , medicine , knowledge management , continuing education , pharmacy , medical education , nursing , computer science , antibiotics , political science , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , politics , law , biology
One of the most important antimicrobial stewardship activities of the infectious diseases pharmacist and physician is to provide education and clinical information about antimicrobials to health care professionals and patients; however, clinician training and continuing education in appropriate antimicrobial use in the United States are highly variable and nonstandardized. The iP hone, iP ad, and the availability of more than 12,000 medical applications (referred to as “apps”) allow stewardship programs the ability to integrate novel technology with point‐of‐care education. This article reviews medical apps for a ntimicrobial s tewardship p rograms to use on the iP hone or iP ad.