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Compass for antibiotic stewardship: using a digital tool to improve guideline adherence and drive clinician behaviour for appendicitis treatment in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

We reformatted a clinical guideline and disseminated it using our ED’s clinical decision support system (CDSS), E*Drive. Conclusion Antibiotic stewardship can be improved by ensuring clinicians have access to convenient and up-to-date guidelines through clinical decision support systems.

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AI May Allow Physicians To Regain Their Humanity

ACEP Now

Emergency medicine (EM) is a team-based specialty, where a diverse group works together to rapidly deliver acute, unscheduled patient care. In contrast to traditional teams that have the luxury of time for their members to build rapport, teams in the emergency department (ED) change every day. Harvard professor Amy C.