Cost Analysis of Computerized Clinical Decision Support and Trainee Financial Incentive for Clostridioides difficile Testing

Improving test utilization through diagnostic stewardship has the potential to reduce unnecessary testing and diagnostic error.4 Various strategies have been proposed for C. difficile testing, including computerized clinical decision support (CCDS).4 We previously reported implementation of a CCDS t...

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Vydané v:Infection control and hospital epidemiology Ročník 40; číslo 2; s. 242 - 244
Hlavní autori: Madden, Gregory R., Cox, Heather L., Poulter, Melinda D., Lyman, Jason A., Enfield, Kyle B., Sifri, Costi D.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: United States Cambridge University Press 01.02.2019
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ISSN:0899-823X, 1559-6834, 1559-6834
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Shrnutí:Improving test utilization through diagnostic stewardship has the potential to reduce unnecessary testing and diagnostic error.4 Various strategies have been proposed for C. difficile testing, including computerized clinical decision support (CCDS).4 We previously reported implementation of a CCDS tool (as part of a multifaceted bundle of interventions to reduce National Healthcare Safety Network (NSHN)–defined hospital-onset CDI [HO-CDI])5 in our institution that led to significantly reduced testing and fewer HO-CDI events.6 Here, we present a cost analysis of this intervention. [...]HO-CDI events were chosen as a convenient estimate for reduction in treatment for CDI; however, reductions in HO-CDI did not necessarily reflect prevention of CDI treatment in all patients and may have over- or underestimated savings. [...]pharmaceutical costs were not calculated separately from estimated attributable costs because nearly all patients were treated with oral vancomycin compounded by the hospital pharmacy.
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DOI:10.1017/ice.2018.300